diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
index 35f1c9980b4db8a..9aee8c394f5c10f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 , substituteAll
 , writeTextFile
 , writeShellApplication
+, makeBinaryWrapper
 }:
 
 let
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ let
 
   defaultShellPath = lib.makeBinPath defaultShellUtils;
 
-  bashWithDefaultShellUtils = writeShellApplication {
+  bashWithDefaultShellUtilsSh = writeShellApplication {
     name = "bash";
     runtimeInputs = defaultShellUtils;
     text = ''
@@ -140,6 +141,17 @@ let
     '';
   };
 
+  # Sript-based interpreters in shebangs aren't guaranteed to work,
+  # especially on MacOS. So let's produce a binary
+  bashWithDefaultShellUtils = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "bash";
+    src = bashWithDefaultShellUtilsSh;
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper ];
+    buildPhase = ''
+      makeWrapper ${bashWithDefaultShellUtilsSh}/bin/bash $out/bin/bash
+    '';
+  };
+
   platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
 
   system = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then "darwin" else "linux";