diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper.nix
index 8a36c507afff..694eaf512395 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/wrapper.nix
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ runCommand (lib.appendToName "with-packages" emacs).name
           ;; "$out/share/emacs/site-lisp" is added to load-path in wrapper.sh
           ;; "$out/share/emacs/native-lisp" is added to native-comp-eln-load-path in wrapper.sh
           (add-to-list 'exec-path "$out/bin")
+          ;; Also expose extra package binaries via PATH so that subprocesses
+          ;; which rebuild their environment from PATH (e.g. direnv/envrc) can
+          ;; still find them. See https://github.com/purcell/envrc/issues/9
+          (let ((deps-bin "$out/bin")
+                (current-path (or (getenv "PATH") "")))
+            (unless (member deps-bin (split-string current-path path-separator))
+              (setenv "PATH" (concat deps-bin path-separator current-path))))
           ${lib.optionalString withTreeSitter ''
             (add-to-list 'treesit-extra-load-path "$out/lib/")
           ''}