diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix
index 8038118545c8..76038a1bbd8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nextcloud/packages/apps/recognize.nix
@@ -6,40 +6,47 @@
   python311,
   util-linux,
   ffmpeg,
+
+  # Current derivation only suports linux-x86_64 (contributions welcome, without libTensorflow builtin webassembly can be used)
+  useLibTensorflow ? stdenv.isx86_64 && stdenv.isLinux,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nextcloud-app-recognise";
   version = "8.1.1";
 
-  srcs = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      inherit version;
-      url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/releases/download/v${version}/recognize-${version}.tar.gz";
-      hash = "sha256-RIa2HzX2hfgS7KHGGBsxEdUCqDqXeAs3Xi288qA1gU4=";
-    })
+  srcs =
+    [
+      (fetchurl {
+        inherit version;
+        url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/releases/download/v${version}/recognize-${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = "sha256-RIa2HzX2hfgS7KHGGBsxEdUCqDqXeAs3Xi288qA1gU4=";
+      })
 
-    (fetchurl {
-      inherit version;
-      url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      hash = "sha256-op1Fdm40d8V6V+rfne0ECr60xRjBYrBPrCD3kaNeFfY=";
-    })
-    (fetchurl rec {
-      # For version see LIBTENSORFLOW_VERSION in https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs/blob/master/tfjs-node/scripts/deps-constants.js
-      version = "2.9.1";
-      url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-cpu-linux-x86_64-${version}.tar.gz";
-      hash = "sha256-f1ENJUbj214QsdEZRjaJAD1YeEKJKtPJW8pRz4KCAXM=";
-    })
+      (fetchurl {
+        inherit version;
+        url = "https://github.com/nextcloud/recognize/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = "sha256-op1Fdm40d8V6V+rfne0ECr60xRjBYrBPrCD3kaNeFfY=";
+      })
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals useLibTensorflow [
+      (fetchurl rec {
+        # For version see LIBTENSORFLOW_VERSION in https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs/blob/master/tfjs-node/scripts/deps-constants.js
+        version = "2.9.1";
+        url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-cpu-linux-x86_64-${version}.tar.gz";
+        hash = "sha256-f1ENJUbj214QsdEZRjaJAD1YeEKJKtPJW8pRz4KCAXM=";
+      })
+    ];
 
-  ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    # Merge the app and the models from github
-    tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 0}" recognize;
-    tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 1}" -C recognize --strip-components=1 recognize-${version}/models
-
-    # Place the tensorflow lib at the right place for building
-    tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 2}" -C recognize/node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-node/deps
-  '';
+  unpackPhase =
+    ''
+      # Merge the app and the models from github
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 0}" recognize;
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 1}" -C recognize --strip-components=1 recognize-${version}/models
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString useLibTensorflow ''
+      # Place the tensorflow lib at the right place for building
+      tar -xzpf "${builtins.elemAt srcs 2}" -C recognize/node_modules/@tensorflow/tfjs-node/deps
+    '';
 
   patchPhase = ''
     # Make it clear we are not reading the node in settings
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python311
     util-linux
   ];
-  buildPhase = ''
+  buildPhase = lib.optionalString useLibTensorflow ''
     cd recognize
 
     # Install tfjs dependency