diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/en/endless-sky/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/en/endless-sky/package.nix
index a27bc6e31024..1fe5d05eff48 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/en/endless-sky/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/en/endless-sky/package.nix
@@ -41,13 +41,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    scons
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
     libpng
     libjpeg
     glew
     openal
-    scons
     libmad
     libuuid
   ];