diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
index 1bb77ffc4a80..75a299d46c7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, python3
 , gettext, pkgconfig, desktop-file-utils, wrapGAppsHook
 , appstream-glib, epoxy, glib, gtk3, mpv
 }:
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1cjhw3kz163iwj2japhnv354i1lr112xyyfkxw82cwy2554cfim4";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja appstream-glib gettext pkgconfig desktop-file-utils wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja python3 appstream-glib gettext pkgconfig desktop-file-utils wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ epoxy glib gtk3 mpv ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs .
+    patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
+    patchShebangs src/generate_authors.py
     sed -i '/gtk-update-icon-cache/s/^/#/' meson_post_install.py
   '';