diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 78eb2947d4..8a482813db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -493,6 +493,20 @@ BED, GFF/GTF, VCF.")
                (base32
                 "0ykjbps1y3z3085q94npw8i9x5gldc6shy8vlc08v76zljsm07hv"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'install 'wrap-executables
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+               (for-each
+                (lambda (script)
+                  (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/" script)
+                    `("R_LIBS_SITE" ":" = (,(getenv "R_LIBS_SITE")))))
+                '("create_annotations_files.bash"
+                  "create_metaplots.bash"
+                  "Ribotaper_ORF_find.sh"
+                  "Ribotaper.sh"))))))))
     (inputs
      `(("bedtools" ,bedtools-2.18)
        ("samtools" ,samtools-0.1)