diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/home-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/home-manager/default.nix
index 89a626fef672..15a9ee3b1a96 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/home-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/home-manager/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         ]
       }" \
       --subst-var-by HOME_MANAGER_LIB '${placeholder "out"}/share/bash/home-manager.sh' \
-      --subst-var-by HOME_MANAGER_PATH "" \
+      --subst-var-by HOME_MANAGER_PATH "${finalAttrs.src}" \
       --subst-var-by OUT '${placeholder "out"}'
 
     installShellCompletion --bash --name home-manager.bash home-manager/completion.bash
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       found in Nixpkgs. It allows declarative configuration of user specific
       (non global) packages and dotfiles.
     '';
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 })