diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-mines/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-mines/default.nix
index 33672054a373..297e1a9ed7bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-mines/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/games/gnome-mines/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, vala, gobjectIntrospection, pkgconfig, gnome3, gtk3, wrapGAppsHook
-, librsvg, gettext, itstool, libxml2, libgnome-games-support, libgee }:
+, librsvg, gettext, itstool, python3, libxml2, libgnome-games-support, libgee }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gnome-mines-${version}";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   # gobjectIntrospection for finding vapi files
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala gobjectIntrospection pkgconfig gettext itstool libxml2 wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala gobjectIntrospection pkgconfig gettext itstool python3 libxml2 wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 librsvg gnome3.defaultIconTheme libgnome-games-support libgee ];
 
   postPatch = ''