diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index f6f5edc84ef8..58cdf9592cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-SzdWyzdGhsaesv1VX5ZUfUnLHvRvW8buJTlOVxz6yOk=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
+  patches = [
+    ./draco.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [ cmake makeWrapper python310Packages.wrapPython llvmPackages.llvm.dev
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir $out/Applications
     mv $out/Blender.app $out/Applications
   '' + ''
+    mv $out/share/blender/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/python{,-ext}
     buildPythonPath "$pythonPath"
     wrapProgram $blenderExecutable \
       --prefix PATH : $program_PATH \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/draco.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/draco.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a856a0638ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/draco.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -898,11 +898,6 @@ set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_CYCLES        OFF)
+ set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_DRACO         OFF)
+ set_and_warn_dependency(WITH_PYTHON WITH_MOD_FLUID     OFF)
+ 
+-if(WITH_DRACO AND NOT WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL)
+-  message(STATUS "WITH_DRACO requires WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL to be ON, disabling WITH_DRACO for now")
+-  set(WITH_DRACO OFF)
+-endif()
+-
+ # enable boost for cycles, audaspace or i18n
+ # otherwise if the user disabled
+ 
+--- a/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py
++++ b/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/io/com/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def dll_path() -> Path:
+     """
+     lib_name = 'extern_draco'
+-    blender_root = Path(bpy.app.binary_path).parent
++    blender_root = Path(bpy.app.binary_path).parent.parent
+-    python_lib = Path('{v[0]}.{v[1]}/python/lib'.format(v=bpy.app.version))
++    python_lib = Path('share/blender/{v[0]}.{v[1]}/python-ext/lib'.format(v=bpy.app.version))
+     python_version = 'python{v[0]}.{v[1]}'.format(v=sys.version_info)
+ 
+     path = os.environ.get('BLENDER_EXTERN_DRACO_LIBRARY_PATH')