diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index fd267fe34de8..58db9549047b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ lib.makeOverridable (lib.fetchers.withNormalizedHash { } (
 , sparseCheckout ? []
 , nonConeMode ? false
 , name ? null
+, nativeBuildInputs ? []
 , # Shell code executed after the file has been fetched
   # successfully. This can do things like check or transform the file.
   postFetch ? ""
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   fetcher = ./nix-prefetch-git;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ git cacert ]
-    ++ lib.optionals fetchLFS [ git-lfs ];
+    ++ lib.optionals fetchLFS [ git-lfs ]
+    ++ nativeBuildInputs;
 
   inherit outputHash outputHashAlgo;
   outputHashMode = "recursive";