diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/pitivi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/pitivi/default.nix
index cea85f553b5f..adb5d237f54f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/pitivi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/pitivi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, wrapGAppsHook
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, itstool, python3, wrapGAppsHook
 , python3Packages, gst, gtk3
 , gobjectIntrospection, librsvg, gnome3, libnotify
 , meson, ninja
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ in python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     patchShebangs ./getenvvar.py
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig intltool itstool wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig intltool itstool python3 wrapGAppsHook ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gobjectIntrospection gtk3 librsvg gnome3.gnome-desktop gnome3.gsound