diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/conda/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/conda/default.nix
index 744b0978c9b6..ff655ac6e9b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/conda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/conda/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let
         zlib # libz.so.1
       ];
     in
-      runCommand "conda-install" { buildInputs = [ makeWrapper zlib]; }
+      runCommand "conda-install" { nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ]; buildInputs = [ zlib]; }
         # on line 10, we have 'unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH'
         # we have to comment it out however in a way that the number of bytes in the
         # file does not change. So we replace the 'u' in the line with a '#'