diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-package.nix b/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-package.nix
index 51921fdfbdc..5ae8985e3ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/skaware/build-skaware-package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ in {
   # mostly for moving and deleting files from the build directory
   # : lines
 , postInstall
+  # packages with setup hooks that should be run
+  # (see definition of `makeSetupHook`)
+  # : list drv
+, setupHooks ? []
   # : list Maintainer
 , maintainers ? []
 
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   dontDisableStatic = true;
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = setupHooks;
+
   configureFlags = configureFlags ++ [
     "--enable-absolute-paths"
     (if stdenv.isDarwin
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
index f0dc3ab6460..770f4ae67f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/execline/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, skawarePackages }:
+{ stdenv, skawarePackages, makeWrapper }:
 
 with skawarePackages;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ buildPackage {
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "lib" "dev" "doc" "out" ];
 
+  setupHooks = [ makeWrapper ];
+
   # TODO: nsss support
   configureFlags = [
     "--libdir=\${lib}/lib"
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ buildPackage {
 
     mv doc $doc/share/doc/execline/html
     mv examples $doc/share/doc/execline/examples
+
+    # finally, add all tools to PATH so they are available
+    # from within execlineb scripts by default
+    wrapProgram $bin/bin/execlineb \
+      --suffix PATH : $bin/bin
   '';
 
 }