diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/hopper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/hopper/default.nix
index b451763c4aa2..b1d6101f9947 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/hopper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/hopper/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   gnustep-libobjc,
   libbsd,
   libffi_3_3,
+  libxml2,
   ncurses6,
 }:
 
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    # Fix libxml2 breakage. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/396195#issuecomment-2881757108
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    ln -s "${lib.getLib libxml2}/lib/libxml2.so" "$out/lib/libxml2.so.2"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.hopperapp.com/index.html";
     description = "MacOS and Linux Disassembler";