diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-tarball/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-tarball/default.nix
index d36200aa5f90..2f1f3547dbb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-tarball/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetch-cargo-tarball/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ in
 , patches ? []
 , sourceRoot ? ""
 , cargoUpdateHook ? ""
+, nativeBuildInputs ? []
 , ...
 } @ args:
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ let hash_ =
   else throw "fetchCargoTarball requires a hash for ${name}";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   name = "${name}-vendor.tar.gz";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cacert git cargo-vendor-normalise cargo ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cacert git cargo-vendor-normalise cargo ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
 
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
@@ -82,5 +83,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   impureEnvVars = lib.fetchers.proxyImpureEnvVars;
 } // (builtins.removeAttrs args [
-  "name" "sha256" "cargoUpdateHook"
+  "name" "sha256" "cargoUpdateHook" "nativeBuildInputs"
 ]))