diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
index 4937865dae99..9fdeecfee368 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ mkDerivation {
 
   dontUnpack = true;
 
+  dontWrapQtApps = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     dpkg-deb -x $src $out
     mv $out/opt/mendeleydesktop/{bin,lib,share} $out
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ mkDerivation {
              --set-rpath ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath deps}:$out/lib \
              $out/bin/mendeleydesktop
 
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/mendeleydesktop \
+    wrapQtApp $out/bin/mendeleydesktop \
       --add-flags "--unix-distro-build" \
       ${stdenv.lib.optionalString autorunLinkHandler # ignore errors installing the link handler
       ''--run "$out/bin/install-mendeley-link-handler.sh $out/bin/mendeleydesktop ||:"''}