diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
index d4064e55cb5c..b839c6136804 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/meson-python/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ninja
     pyproject-metadata
     tomli
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.10") [
+    typing-extensions
   ];
 
   # Ugly work-around. Drop ninja dependency.