diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index 5498a32e7091b..75d8b29a801c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (mkFlag testsSupport "tests")
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig meson ninja python3Packages.python ]
     ++ optionals documentationSupport [ doxygen graphviz ]
     ++ optionals testsSupport [ check valgrind python3Packages.pyparsing ];