diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtwebengine.nix
index fadbc5d2bfa..e4f2aec5a32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtwebengine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-6/modules/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
 , xnu
 }:
 
+let
+  buildPython = buildPackages.python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ html5lib ]);
+in
 qtModule {
   pname = "qtwebengine";
   qtInputs = [ qtdeclarative qtwebchannel qtwebsockets qtpositioning ];
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ qtModule {
     gperf
     ninja
     pkg-config
-    (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ html5lib ]))
+    buildPython
     which
     gn
     nodejs
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ qtModule {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export NINJAFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
+    export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${buildPython}/bin:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {