diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix
index 9d6757793511..d7e9cf507f03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools-scm, zopfli, pytest }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zopfli";
-  version = "0.1.8";
+  version = "0.1.9";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "8b977dc07e3797907ab59e08096583bcd0b7e6c739849fbbeec09263f6356623";
+    sha256 = "78de3cc08a8efaa8013d61528907d91ac4d6cc014ffd8a41cc10ee75e9e60d7b";
     extension = "zip";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ zopfli ];
+  USE_SYSTEM_ZOPFLI = "True";
+
   # doesn't work with pytestCheckHook
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1f8c9542128a..b5fd1167640c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10211,7 +10211,9 @@ in {
 
   zope_testrunner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_testrunner { };
 
-  zopfli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zopfli { };
+  zopfli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zopfli {
+    inherit (pkgs) zopfli;
+  };
 
   zstandard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zstandard { };