diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
index f9e5340802ed..9d68d4fa272c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ acl attr e2fsprogs libuuid lzo python3 zlib zstd ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isGnu [ udev ];
 
-  # for python cross-compiling
-  _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM = stdenv.hostPlatform.config;
-
   # gcc bug with -O1 on ARM with gcc 4.8
   # This should be fine on all platforms so apply universally
   postPatch = "sed -i s/-O1/-O2/ configure";
@@ -38,6 +35,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isGnu [ "udevruledir=$(out)/lib/udev/rules.d" ];
 
+  installFlags = [ "install_python" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3f538812767d..0ed03be8d5e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ in {
 
   btrfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btrfs { };
 
+  btrfsutil = toPythonModule (pkgs.btrfs-progs.override { python3 = self.python; });
+
   bugsnag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugsnag { };
 
   bugwarrior = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugwarrior { };