diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 86409f1491a7..84aaa4295729 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optional cudaSupport cudaPackages.cudatoolkit
     ++ lib.optional colladaSupport opencollada
     ++ lib.optional spaceNavSupport libspnav;
-  pythonPath = with python310Packages; [ numpy requests ];
+  pythonPath = with python310Packages; [ numpy requests zstandard ];
 
   postPatch = ''
   '' +