diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/codechecker/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/codechecker/package.nix
index f09011e8e68b..1c4317670a65 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/codechecker/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/codechecker/package.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    distutils # required in python312 to call subcommands (see https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/issues/4350)
     lxml
     sqlalchemy
     alembic