diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/revive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/revive/default.nix
index e08e2876c8fa0c3..a22fc7101e2ef8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/revive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/revive/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, go, lib, makeWrapper }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "revive";
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     ldflags+=" -X 'github.com/mgechev/revive/cli.date=$(cat DATE)'"
   '';
 
+  allowGoReference = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/revive \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ go ]}
+  '';
+
   # The following tests fail when built by nix:
   #
   # $ nix log /nix/store/build-revive.1.3.9.drv | grep FAIL