diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mastodon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mastodon.nix
index 40219edcd447..538e728fcc72 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mastodon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mastodon.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ let
         # System Call Filtering
         SystemCallFilter = [ ("~" + lib.concatStringsSep " " systemCallsList) "@chown" "pipe" "pipe2" ];
       } // cfgService;
-      path = with pkgs; [ file imagemagick ffmpeg ];
+      path = with pkgs; [ ffmpeg-headless file imagemagick ];
     })
   ) cfg.sidekiqProcesses;
 
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ in {
         # System Call Filtering
         SystemCallFilter = [ ("~" + lib.concatStringsSep " " systemCallsList) "@chown" "pipe" "pipe2" ];
       } // cfgService;
-      path = with pkgs; [ file imagemagick ffmpeg ];
+      path = with pkgs; [ ffmpeg-headless file imagemagick ];
     };
 
     systemd.services.mastodon-media-auto-remove = lib.mkIf cfg.mediaAutoRemove.enable {
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mastodon/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mastodon/default.nix
index ac4083fd9be7..25b6fc41a07b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mastodon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mastodon/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, nodejs-slim, bundlerEnv, nixosTests
-, yarn, callPackage, imagemagick, ffmpeg, file, ruby, writeShellScript
+, yarn, callPackage, ruby, writeShellScript
 , fetchYarnDeps, prefetch-yarn-deps
 , brotli
 
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ imagemagick ffmpeg file mastodonGems.wrappedRuby ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mastodonGems.wrappedRuby ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ brotli ];
   buildInputs = [ mastodonGems nodejs-slim ];
 
   buildPhase = ''