diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
index efa34166f093..e5b2e8b5b17e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   buildNpmPackage,
   nodejs_18,
   ffmpeg-full,
+  nunicode,
   util-linux,
   python3,
   getopt,
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ let
     inherit
       stdenv
       ffmpeg-full
-      pname
-      nodejs
+      nunicode
       getopt
       ;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
index 87d3358a425c..4dabeae303b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiobookshelf/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, ffmpeg-full, pname, nodejs, getopt }: ''
+{
+  stdenv,
+  ffmpeg-full,
+  nunicode,
+  getopt,
+}: ''
     #!${stdenv.shell}
 
     port=8000
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@
       SKIP_BINARIES_CHECK=1 \
       FFMPEG_PATH=${ffmpeg-full}/bin/ffmpeg \
       FFPROBE_PATH=${ffmpeg-full}/bin/ffprobe \
+      NUSQLITE3_PATH=${nunicode.sqlite}/lib/libnusqlite3 \
       CONFIG_PATH="$config" \
       METADATA_PATH="$metadata" \
       PORT="$port" \