diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/writePythonScript.nix b/pkgs/build-support/writePythonScript.nix
index c670818..337eb67 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/writePythonScript.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/writePythonScript.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   python3,
-  writeTextFile,
+  makeWrapper,
+  runCommand,
   lib,
 }:
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
   text,
   runtimePackages ? ps: [],
   pythonPackage ? python3,
+  runtimeInputs ? [],
   meta ? {},
   passthru ? {},
   derivationArgs ? {},
@@ -18,13 +20,17 @@ let
 
   pythonWithPackages = pythonPackage.withPackages runtimePackages;
 
-in writeTextFile {
-  inherit
-    name
-    meta
-    passthru
-    derivationArgs
-    ;
+in runCommand name ({
+  passAsFile = [ "text" ] ++ (derivationArgs.passAsFile or []);
+
+  meta = {
+    mainProgram = name;
+  } // meta // (derivationArgs.meta or {});
+
+  passthru = passthru // (derivationArgs.passthru or {});
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ (derivationArgs.nativeBuildInputs or []);
+
   executable = true;
   destination = "/bin/${name}";
   allowSubstitutes = true;
@@ -34,4 +40,17 @@ in writeTextFile {
 
     ${text}
   '';
-}
+} // (
+  builtins.removeAttrs derivationArgs [ "passAsFile" "meta" "passthru" "nativeBuildInputs" ]
+))
+''
+mkdir -p $out/bin
+
+target=$out/bin/${lib.escapeShellArg name}
+
+cp "$textPath" "$target"
+
+chmod +x "$target"
+
+wrapProgram "$target" --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath runtimeInputs}"
+''