diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libsmbios/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libsmbios/default.nix
index 62898675f2be..c61fa683c758 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libsmbios/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libsmbios/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, help2man, gettext
-, libxml2, perl, doxygen }:
+, libxml2, perl, python3, doxygen }:
 
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook doxygen gettext libxml2 help2man perl pkgconfig ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-python" "--disable-graphviz" ];
+  buildInputs = [ python3 ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-graphviz" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;