diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
index 1a5556b82be..2efd9422328 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ let
           ln -sfT "$target" "$out/$l"
         done
 
+        cd "$out"
+
         # create the wrapper
 
         executablePrefix="$out/bin"