diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-chess/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-chess/default.nix
index aebd72d65df2..01e23384b8ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-chess/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-chess/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, vala, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook, gobjectIntrospection
-, gettext, itstool, libxml2, gnome3, glib, gtk3, librsvg }:
+, gettext, itstool, libxml2, python3, gnome3, glib, gtk3, librsvg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gnome-chess-${version}";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1q8gc0mq8k2b7pjy363g0yjd80czqknw6ssqzbvgqx5b8nkfvmv1";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala pkgconfig gettext itstool libxml2 wrapGAppsHook gobjectIntrospection ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala pkgconfig gettext itstool libxml2 python3 wrapGAppsHook gobjectIntrospection ];
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 librsvg gnome3.defaultIconTheme ];
 
   postPatch = ''