diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
index a161e9544265..8bd75245da0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/rxvt-unicode/wrapper.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  availablePlugins = lib.filterAttrs (_: v: lib.isDerivation v) rxvt-unicode-plugins;
+  availablePlugins = lib.filterAttrs (
+    _: v: (lib.isDerivation v && (v.meta.license.free or false))
+  ) rxvt-unicode-plugins;
 
   # Transform the string "self" to the plugin itself.
   # It's needed for plugins like bidi who depends on the perl