diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttygif/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttygif/default.nix
index 5a14dade01b8..dd74f5effed6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttygif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttygif/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, imagemagick, xorg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ttygif";
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ttygif \
+      --prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ imagemagick xorg.xwd ]}
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/icholy/ttygif";
     description = "Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs";