diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
index a0af663f595a..b4dcdc21337b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  buildPackages,
   coreutils,
   darwin,
   glibcLocales,
   gnused,
   gnugrep,
   gawk,
+  fish,
   man-db,
   ninja,
   getent,
@@ -281,12 +283,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
     rustc
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
-    (python3.withPackages (ps: [
+    (buildPackages.python3.withPackages (ps: [
       ps.pexpect
       ps.sphinx
     ]))
     # Avoid warnings when building the manpages about HOME not being writable
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+    # Building the docs ends up wanting to run fish_indent at build
+    # time, which obviously can't use a cross compiled fish_indent
+    # from this derivation. Pull in the build platform's fish to
+    # provide it.
+    fish
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [