diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7446272..d3cf045 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@
             ++ (with pkgs.python3Packages; [ numpy scipy influxdb pyqtgraph setuptools ]);
         };
         flake8-artiq = daxpkgs.packages.x86_64-linux.flake8-artiq;
-        dax = daxpkgs.packages.x86_64-linux.dax.overridePythonAttrs (oa: { doCheck = false; });
+        dax = daxpkgs.packages.x86_64-linux.dax.overridePythonAttrs (oa: { 
+          nativeBuildInputs = (oa.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ pkgs.qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ];
+          doCheck = false; 
+        });
         trap-dac-utils = daxpkgs.packages.x86_64-linux.trap-dac-utils;
         dax-applets = pkgs.python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
           pname = "dax-applets";
@@ -233,6 +236,8 @@
             rev = "0f0196b6941b0c44a33c85d8c02047ca65466463";
             sha256 = "0mx6yjvprhdnkdigwns8mg6v5daqxpgbv7mf63fa76i1iv2wvak4";
           };
+          nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.qt5.wrapQtAppsHook ];
+          dontWrapQtApps = true;
           propagatedBuildInputs = [ artiqpkgs.packages.x86_64-linux.artiq ]
             ++ (with pkgs.python3Packages; [ numpy pyqt5 pyqtgraph ]);
           doCheck = false;