diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/package.nix
index 626c2e13cda8..3ee8b3072c4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/package.nix
@@ -1,44 +1,52 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchzip,
   stdenv,
+  fetchzip,
   python3Packages,
+  withV8 ? false,
 }:
-let
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "pdfium-binaries";
   # also update rev of headers in python3Packages.pypdfium2
   version = "7087";
+
   src =
     let
-      inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
-      selectSystem = attrs: attrs.${system};
-      suffix = selectSystem {
+      selectSystem =
+        attrs:
+        attrs.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
+      system = selectSystem {
         x86_64-linux = "linux-x64";
         aarch64-linux = "linux-arm64";
         x86_64-darwin = "mac-x64";
         aarch64-darwin = "mac-arm64";
       };
-      hash = selectSystem {
-        x86_64-linux = "sha256-zn7QlTvChQa2mQCe5K+zEGVUtuD+l/jEtlKticrrSKg=";
-        aarch64-linux = "sha256-080X72NNfKaanHeVtmxE/4uNV6Ue4f/1Mri/p3nOT8c=";
-        x86_64-darwin = "sha256-XMStU0MN9ieCrLQnQL4/jKrNWxgQl9OtZHg9EmemPhU=";
-        aarch64-darwin = "sha256-Q8R/p1hX6+JeVTFc6w7MC9GPNGqxlu6m+iawRIMndic=";
-      };
     in
     fetchzip {
-      url = "https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/download/chromium%2F${version}/pdfium-${suffix}.tgz";
-      inherit hash;
+      url = "https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/download/chromium%2F${finalAttrs.version}/pdfium${lib.optionalString withV8 "-v8"}-${system}.tgz";
+      hash =
+        if withV8 then
+          selectSystem {
+            x86_64-linux = "sha256-nKHXcBTEp165g18HLzaNGfKt8MtTYpKBGNgwIpSO0u4=";
+            aarch64-linux = "sha256-wip/ry42aDbyGiwYSUX8koxDuf88BLGZAmMZE0s+fL0=";
+            x86_64-darwin = "sha256-7pUMfNFgGqQ8Dnox57sHfrKKke+i8CGEma4tePJaTDA=";
+            aarch64-darwin = "sha256-o59kmTNC4nSCFLfww3E+4iIYs2kQ30yyFaX9f2Za7os=";
+          }
+        else
+          selectSystem {
+            x86_64-linux = "sha256-zn7QlTvChQa2mQCe5K+zEGVUtuD+l/jEtlKticrrSKg=";
+            aarch64-linux = "sha256-080X72NNfKaanHeVtmxE/4uNV6Ue4f/1Mri/p3nOT8c=";
+            x86_64-darwin = "sha256-XMStU0MN9ieCrLQnQL4/jKrNWxgQl9OtZHg9EmemPhU=";
+            aarch64-darwin = "sha256-Q8R/p1hX6+JeVTFc6w7MC9GPNGqxlu6m+iawRIMndic=";
+          };
       stripRoot = false;
     };
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "pdfium-binaries";
-  inherit version src;
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
-    mkdir $out
-    cp -r ./ $out/
+    cp -r . $out
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
@@ -53,7 +61,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Binary distribution of PDFium";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries";
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      asl20
+      mit
+    ];
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = [
@@ -63,4 +74,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "x86_64-darwin"
     ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/update.sh
index 1682c8f38ee5..8cc3aecd7933 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdfium-binaries/update.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash nixVersions.latest curl coreutils jq common-updater-scripts
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash nix curl coreutils jq common-updater-scripts
 
 set -eou pipefail
 
 latestVersion=$(curl ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} -sL https://api.github.com/repos/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("chromium/")')
-currentVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; pdfium-binaries.version" | tr -d '"')
+currentVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; pdfium-binaries.version or (lib.getVersion pdfium-binaries)" | tr -d '"')
 
 echo "latest  version: $latestVersion"
 echo "current version: $currentVersion"
@@ -14,13 +14,22 @@ if [[ "$latestVersion" == "$currentVersion" ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-for i in \
-    "x86_64-linux linux-x64" \
-    "aarch64-linux linux-arm64" \
-    "x86_64-darwin mac-x64" \
-    "aarch64-darwin mac-arm64"; do
-    set -- $i
-    prefetch=$(nix-prefetch-url --unpack "https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/download/chromium%2F$latestVersion/pdfium-$2.tgz")
-    hash=$(nix hash convert --hash-algo sha256 --to sri $prefetch)
-    update-source-version pdfium-binaries $latestVersion $hash --system=$1 --ignore-same-version
+update-source-version pdfium-binaries $latestVersion || true
+
+for system in \
+    x86_64-linux \
+    aarch64-linux \
+    x86_64-darwin \
+    aarch64-darwin; do
+    hash=$(nix hash convert --to sri --hash-algo sha256 $(nix-prefetch-url --unpack $(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; pdfium-binaries.src.url" --system "$system" | tr -d '"')))
+    update-source-version pdfium-binaries $latestVersion $hash --system=$system --ignore-same-version
+done
+
+for system in \
+    x86_64-linux \
+    aarch64-linux \
+    x86_64-darwin \
+    aarch64-darwin; do
+    hash=$(nix hash convert --to sri --hash-algo sha256 $(nix-prefetch-url --unpack $(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; pdfium-binaries-v8.src.url" --system "$system" | tr -d '"')))
+    update-source-version pdfium-binaries-v8 $latestVersion $hash --system=$system --ignore-same-version
 done
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d8ed42c1930a..33d0f1489727 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4144,6 +4144,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pdfminer = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pdfminer-six;
 
+  pdfium-binaries-v8 = pdfium-binaries.override { withV8 = true; };
+
   pgsync = callPackage ../development/tools/database/pgsync { };
 
   pdsh = callPackage ../tools/networking/pdsh {