diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zimfw/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zimfw/default.nix
index 47f8b21c1dc9..249cb1b5154d 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/zsh/zimfw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/zimfw/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ## the `zimfw.zsh` where we currently are.
   postFixup = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/zimfw.zsh \
-      --replace "\''${ZIM_HOME}/zimfw.zsh" "$out/zimfw.zsh"
+      --replace "\''${ZIM_HOME}/zimfw.zsh" "$out/zimfw.zsh" \
+      --replace "\''${(q-)ZIM_HOME}/zimfw.zsh" "$out/zimfw.zsh"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {