diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/actions_path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/actions_path.patch
index bade7fdb7165..1fa1e5748333 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/actions_path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/actions_path.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
-index 6fff2af..7e2877e 100755
+index 6fff2af..7e2877e 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/PosixLocalEnvProvider.java
 @@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public final class PosixLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {
@@ -19,3 +19,23 @@ index 6fff2af..7e2877e 100755
      String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
      if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
        // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR
+index 95642767c6..39d3c62461 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
++++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/exec/local/XcodeLocalEnvProvider.java
+@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ public final class XcodeLocalEnvProvider implements LocalEnvProvider {
+
+     ImmutableMap.Builder<String, String> newEnvBuilder = ImmutableMap.builder();
+     newEnvBuilder.putAll(Maps.filterKeys(env, k -> !k.equals("TMPDIR")));
++
++    // In case we are running on NixOS.
++    // If bash is called with an unset PATH on this platform,
++    // it will set it to /no-such-path and default tools will be missings.
++    // See, https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/94222
++    // So we ensure that minimal dependencies are present.
++    if (!env.containsKey("PATH")){
++      newEnvBuilder.put("PATH", "@actionsPathPatch@");
++    }
++
+     String p = clientEnv.get("TMPDIR");
+     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(p)) {
+       // Do not use `fallbackTmpDir`, use `/tmp` instead. This way if the user didn't export TMPDIR
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
index 6bce4393e126..cabd0b512f7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,22 @@ let
     #        ],
     #     )
     #
-    [ bash coreutils findutils gawk gnugrep gnutar gnused gzip which unzip file zip python27 python3 ];
+    [
+      bash
+      coreutils
+      file
+      findutils
+      gawk
+      gnugrep
+      gnused
+      gnutar
+      gzip
+      python27
+      python3
+      unzip
+      which
+      zip
+    ];
 
   # Java toolchain used for the build and tests
   javaToolchain = "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:toolchain_${buildJdkName}";
@@ -516,12 +531,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # when a command can’t be found in a bazel build, you might also
   # need to add it to `defaultShellPath`.
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    coreutils
     installShellFiles
-    zip
+    makeWrapper
     python3
     unzip
-    makeWrapper
     which
+    zip
   ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ cctools libcxx CoreFoundation CoreServices Foundation ];
 
   # Bazel makes extensive use of symlinks in the WORKSPACE.