diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/elixir-ls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/elixir-ls/default.nix
index 8d4eba70cc00..cfda8d21a495 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/elixir-ls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/elixir-ls/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ mixRelease {
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/launch.sh \
       --replace "ERL_LIBS=\"\$SCRIPTPATH:\$ERL_LIBS\"" \
                 "ERL_LIBS=$out/lib:\$ERL_LIBS" \
-      --replace "exec elixir" "exec ${elixir}/bin/elixir"
+      --replace "exec elixir" "exec ${elixir}/bin/elixir" \
+      --replace 'echo "" | elixir' "echo \"\" | ${elixir}/bin/elixir"
     runHook postInstall
   '';