diff --git a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Po4a/default.nix b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Po4a/default.nix
index 1fae36dfcb777a..6ade7ddce4d8bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Po4a/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/perl-modules/Po4a/default.nix
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
     perl Build.PL --install_base=$out --install_path="lib=$out/${perl.libPrefix}"
     ./Build build
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
 
   # Disabling tests on musl
@@ -103,21 +105,31 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   doCheck = (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) && (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin);
 
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
     export SGML_CATALOG_FILES=${docbook_sgml_dtd_41}/sgml/dtd/docbook-4.1/docbook.cat
     ./Build test
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     ./Build install
     for f in $out/bin/*; do
       substituteInPlace $f --replace "#! /usr/bin/env perl" "#!${perl}/bin/perl"
       substituteInPlace $f --replace "exec perl" "exec ${perl}/bin/perl"
     done
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/po4a \
+        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ gettext ]}
   '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Tools for helping translation of documentation";
     homepage = "https://po4a.org";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ];
+    mainProgram = "po4a";
   };
 }