diff --git a/packaging/nix/default.nix b/packaging/nix/default.nix
index b66794fb..56fa5594 100644
--- a/packaging/nix/default.nix
+++ b/packaging/nix/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
   pkg-config,
   installShellFiles,
   libclang,
+  clang,
+  llvmPackages,
   libllvm,
   yaml-cpp,
+  enableLibcxx ? false,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "clang-uml";
@@ -18,12 +21,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
+    clang
     libclang
     libllvm
     yaml-cpp
   ];
 
+  clang = if enableLibcxx then llvmPackages.libcxxClang else llvmPackages.clang;
+
   postInstall = ''
+    export unwrapped_clang_uml="$out/bin/clang-uml"
+    
+    # inject clang and unwrapp_clang_uml variables into wrapper
+    substituteAll ${./wrapper} $out/bin/clang-uml-wrapped
+    chmod +x $out/bin/clang-uml-wrapped
+
     installShellCompletion --bash $src/packaging/autocomplete/clang-uml
     installShellCompletion --zsh $src/packaging/autocomplete/_clang-uml
   '';
diff --git a/packaging/nix/wrapper b/packaging/nix/wrapper
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc02db18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/nix/wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This file is copied from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/tools/clang-tools/wrapper
+# The clang-tools wrapper is commonly used together with the clang package on
+# nix, because without the wrapper, clang tools fail to find stdlib includes on
+# nix.
+
+buildcpath() {
+  local path after
+  while (( $# )); do
+    case $1 in
+        -isystem)
+            shift
+            path=$path${path:+':'}$1
+            ;;
+        -idirafter)
+            shift
+            after=$after${after:+':'}$1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+  echo $path${after:+':'}$after
+}
+
+export CPATH=${CPATH}${CPATH:+':'}$(buildcpath ${NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE} \
+                                               $(<@clang@/nix-support/libc-cflags)):@clang@/resource-root/include
+export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:+':'}$(buildcpath ${NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE} \
+                                                                                      $(<@clang@/nix-support/libcxx-cxxflags) \
+                                                                                      $(<@clang@/nix-support/libc-cflags)):@clang@/resource-root/include
+
+exec @unwrapped_clang_uml@ "$@"