diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/webtorrent-mpv-hook.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/webtorrent-mpv-hook.nix
index 811b49e8714b..a1713e24375f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/webtorrent-mpv-hook.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/webtorrent-mpv-hook.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib , buildNpmPackage , fetchFromGitHub, nodejs }:
+{ lib, buildNpmPackage, fetchFromGitHub, nodejs, python3 }:
 
 buildNpmPackage rec {
   pname = "webtorrent-mpv-hook";
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-GpNUJ5ZCgMjSYLqsIE/RwkTSFT3uAhxrHPe7XvGDRHE=";
   makeCacheWritable = true;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    python3 # Fixes node-gyp on aarch64-linux
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/mpv/scripts/
     ln -s $out/lib/node_modules/webtorrent-mpv-hook/build/webtorrent.js $out/share/mpv/scripts/