diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nlopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nlopt/default.nix
index 55bfc2d2884c..b64d7992560c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nlopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nlopt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
   toPythonModule,
   pkgs,
+  python,
 }:
-toPythonModule (pkgs.nlopt.override { withPython = true; })
+toPythonModule (
+  pkgs.nlopt.override {
+    withPython = true;
+    python3 = python;
+    python3Packages = python.pkgs;
+  }
+)