diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
index b3ad305687af..3558fd5935e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/6.x.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   };
 } // optionalAttrs enableUnfree {
   dontPatchELF = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper autoPatchelfHook ];
   runtimeDependencies = [ zlib ];
   postFixup = ''
     for exe in $(find $out/modules/x-pack-ml/platform/linux-x86_64/bin -executable -type f); do
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
index ffe8a75412bd..f808b6985b47 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/7.x.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   };
 } // optionalAttrs enableUnfree {
   dontPatchELF = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper autoPatchelfHook ];
   runtimeDependencies = [ zlib ];
   postFixup = ''
     for exe in $(find $out/modules/x-pack-ml/platform/linux-x86_64/bin -executable -type f); do