diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
index d5055f04ed8..235794dd421 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, lndir, config
-, replace, fetchurl, zip, unzip, jq, xdg-utils, writeText
+, fetchurl, zip, unzip, jq, xdg-utils, writeText
 
 ## various stuff that can be plugged in
 , ffmpeg, xorg, alsa-lib, libpulseaudio, libcanberra-gtk3, libglvnd, libnotify, opensc
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ let
         startupWMClass = wmClass;
       };
 
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper lndir replace jq ];
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper lndir jq ];
       buildInputs = [ browser.gtk3 ];
 
 
@@ -206,48 +206,50 @@ let
         done
 
         # fix links and absolute references
-        cd "${browser}"
 
         find . -type l -print0 | while read -d $'\0' l; do
-          target="$(readlink "$l" | replace-literal -es -- "${browser}" "$out")"
+          target="$(readlink "$l")"
+          target=''${target/#"${browser}"/"$out"}
           ln -sfT "$target" "$out/$l"
         done
 
-        # This will not patch binaries, only "text" files.
-        # Its there for the wrapper mostly.
-        cd "$out"
-        replace-literal -esfR -- "${browser}" "$out"
-
         # create the wrapper
 
         executablePrefix="$out/bin"
         executablePath="$executablePrefix/${applicationName}"
+        oldWrapperArgs=()
 
-        if [ ! -x "$executablePath" ]
-        then
-            echo "cannot find executable file \`${browser}/bin/${applicationName}'"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-
-        if [ ! -L "$executablePath" ]
-        then
-          # Careful here, the file at executablePath may already be
-          # a wrapper. That is why we postfix it with -old instead
-          # of -wrapped.
-          oldExe="$executablePrefix"/".${applicationName}"-old
-          mv "$executablePath" "$oldExe"
-        else
+        if [[ -L $executablePath ]]; then
+          # Symbolic link: wrap the link's target.
           oldExe="$(readlink -v --canonicalize-existing "$executablePath")"
-        fi
-
-        if [ ! -x "${browser}/bin/${applicationName}" ]
-        then
-            echo "cannot find executable file \`${browser}/bin/${applicationName}'"
-            exit 1
+          rm "$executablePath"
+        elif wrapperCmd=$(strings -dw "$executablePath" | sed -n '/^makeCWrapper/,/^$/ p'); [[ $wrapperCmd ]]; then
+          # If the executable is a binary wrapper, we need to update its target to
+          # point to $out, but we can't just edit the binary in-place because of length
+          # issues. So we extract the command used to create the wrapper and add the
+          # arguments to our wrapper.
+          parseMakeCWrapperCall() {
+            shift # makeCWrapper
+            oldExe=$1; shift
+            for arg do case $arg in
+              --inherit-argv0) oldWrapperArgs+=(--argv0 '$0');; # makeWrapper doesn't understand --inherit-argv0
+              *) oldWrapperArgs+=("$arg");;
+            esac done
+          }
+          eval "parseMakeCWrapperCall ''${wrapperCmd//"${browser}"/"$out"}"
+          rm "$executablePath"
+        else
+          if read -rn2 shebang < "$executablePath" && [[ $shebang == '#!' ]]; then
+            # Shell wrapper: patch in place to point to $out.
+            sed -i "s@${browser}@$out@g" "$executablePath"
+          fi
+          # Suffix the executable with -old, because -wrapped might already be used by the old wrapper.
+          oldExe="$executablePrefix/.${applicationName}"-old
+          mv "$executablePath" "$oldExe"
         fi
 
         makeWrapper "$oldExe" \
-          "$out/bin/${applicationName}${nameSuffix}" \
+          "''${executablePath}${nameSuffix}" \
             --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' "$libs" \
             --suffix-each GTK_PATH ':' "$gtk_modules" \
             --prefix PATH ':' "${xdg-utils}/bin" \
@@ -258,9 +260,8 @@ let
             --set MOZ_ALLOW_DOWNGRADE 1 \
             --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
             --suffix XDG_DATA_DIRS : '${gnome.adwaita-icon-theme}/share' \
-            ${lib.optionalString forceWayland ''
-              --set MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND "1" \
-            ''}
+            ${lib.optionalString forceWayland "--set MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND 1"} \
+            "''${oldWrapperArgs[@]}"
         #############################
         #                           #
         #   END EXTRA PREF CHANGES  #