diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 7ba83e7923e6..27e8defbb9d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       regex
       sip
       zeroconf
+      jeepney
       # the following are distributed with calibre, but we use upstream instead
       odfpy
     ] ++ lib.optional (unrarSupport) unrardll