diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix
index fff581bae4f6..9d67dde87c2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace-fail "includedir=$dev/$dev" "includedir=$dev"
 
     # add a symlink for backwards compatibility
-    ln -s $dev/bin/glslang $dev/bin/glslangValidator
+    ln -s $bin/bin/glslang $bin/bin/glslangValidator
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {