diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ed/edk2-uefi-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ed/edk2-uefi-shell/package.nix
index dd79e1ac4d16..b1d1beb266ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ed/edk2-uefi-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ed/edk2-uefi-shell/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   util-linux,
   nasm,
   python3,
+  pkgsBuildHost,
 }:
 edk2.mkDerivation "ShellPkg/ShellPkg.dsc" (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "edk2-uefi-shell";
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ edk2.mkDerivation "ShellPkg/ShellPkg.dsc" (finalAttrs: {
 
   # Set explicitly to use Python 3 from nixpkgs. Otherwise, the build system will detect and try to
   # use `/usr/bin/python3` on Darwin when sandboxing is disabled.
-  PYTHON_COMMAND = "${lib.getBin python3}/bin/python3";
+  PYTHON_COMMAND = "${lib.getBin pkgsBuildHost.python3}/bin/python3";
 
   # We only have a .efi file in $out which shouldn't be patched or stripped
   dontPatchELF = true;