diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
index 4bee49eff5a19..a1e16b354cc34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustfmt.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     rustc.llvm
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
 
+  # rustfmt uses the rustc_driver and std private libraries, and Rust's build process forces them to have
+  # an install name of `@rpath/...` [0] [1] instead of the standard on macOS, which is an absolute path
+  # to itself.
+  #
+  # [0]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/f77f4d55bdf9d8955d3292f709bd9830c2fdeca5/src/bootstrap/builder.rs#L1543
+  # [1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/f77f4d55bdf9d8955d3292f709bd9830c2fdeca5/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs#L323-L331
+  preFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    install_name_tool -add_rpath "${rustPlatform.rust.rustc}/lib" "$out/bin/rustfmt"
+    install_name_tool -add_rpath "${rustPlatform.rust.rustc}/lib" "$out/bin/git-rustfmt"
+  '';
+
   # As of 1.0.0 and rustc 1.30 rustfmt requires a nightly compiler
   RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;