diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftool/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftool/default.nix
index 8b288fc046a6..34ddcc3a213f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/bpftool/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv
 , libopcodes, libbfd, libelf
 , linuxPackages_latest, zlib
+, python3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "bpftool";
   inherit (linuxPackages_latest.kernel) version src;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
   buildInputs = [ libopcodes libbfd libelf zlib ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
+
     cd tools/bpf/bpftool
     substituteInPlace ./Makefile \
       --replace '/usr/local' "$out" \