diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mupen64plus.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mupen64plus.nix
index ae8fdad83733..b3aa8b212feb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mupen64plus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mupen64plus.nix
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ mkLibretroCore {
     })
   ];
 
+  extraNativeBuildInputs = [
+    nasm
+  ];
   extraBuildInputs = [
     libGLU
     libGL
     libpng
-    nasm
     xorg.libX11
   ];
   makefile = "Makefile";