diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/eb/eb-garamond/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/eb/eb-garamond/package.nix
index 3191c17d8a7a..db37e621786d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/eb/eb-garamond/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/eb/eb-garamond/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  python3,
+  ttfautohint,
 }:
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "eb-garamond";
@@ -14,6 +16,22 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-ajieKhTeH6yv2qiE2xqnHFoMS65//4ZKiccAlC2PXGQ=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    (python3.withPackages (p: [ p.fontforge ]))
+    ttfautohint
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace-fail "@\$(SFNTTOOL) -w \$< \$@"   "@fontforge -lang=ff -c 'Open(\$\$1); Generate(\$\$2)' \$< \$@"
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+    make WEB=build EOT="" all
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall