diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-whisper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-whisper/default.nix
index 847afc47a352..2fe0b785cea6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-whisper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faster-whisper/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 
 # build-system
 , setuptools
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [
     setuptools
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "tokenizers"
   ];
 
   dependencies = [