diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix
index b7b8953a72b3..653d978922ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykerberos/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchPypi,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  krb5,
+  pkgs,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-nXAevY/FlsmdMVXVukWBO9WQjSbvg7oK3SUO22IqvtQ=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ krb5 ]; # for krb5-config
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.krb5 ]; # for krb5-config
 
-  buildInputs = [ krb5 ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.krb5 ];
 
   # there are no tests
   doCheck = false;
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "kerberos" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ac6b04ff3897..e4e924cfbd3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11603,7 +11603,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pykeepass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykeepass { };
 
-  pykerberos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykerberos { };
+  pykerberos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykerberos {
+    krb5-c = pkgs.krb5;
+  };
 
   pykeyatome = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykeyatome { };