diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
index c3dc819b5bcf..3caf41cfca56 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/default.nix
@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Adds the /nix directory when using an overlay.
     # Required to run any programs under this mode.
     ./mount-nix-dir-on-overlay.patch
+
     # By default fbuilder hardcodes the firejail binary to the install path.
     # On NixOS the firejail binary is a setuid wrapper available in $PATH.
     ./fbuilder-call-firejail-on-path.patch
+
+    # NixOS specific whitelist to resolve binary paths in user environment
+    # Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/170784
+    # Upstream fix https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/pull/5131
+    # Upstream hopefully fixed in later versions > 0.9.68
+   ./whitelist-nix-profile.patch
   ];
 
   prePatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/whitelist-nix-profile.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/whitelist-nix-profile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..227d28846ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firejail/whitelist-nix-profile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/etc/inc/whitelist-common.inc.org	2022-05-06 13:57:17.294206339 +0200
++++ b/etc/inc/whitelist-common.inc	2022-05-06 13:58:00.108655548 +0200
+@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@
+ whitelist ${HOME}/.kde4/share/config/oxygenrc
+ whitelist ${HOME}/.kde4/share/icons
+ whitelist ${HOME}/.local/share/qt5ct
++
++# NixOS specific to resolve binary paths
++whitelist ${HOME}/.nix-profile