diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
index c6f470c78953..32eb20ce169c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcamera/package.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # hotplugging
     systemd
 
+    # pycamera
+    python3Packages.pybind11
+
     # yamlparser
     libyaml
 
@@ -81,7 +84,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
     python3
     python3Packages.jinja2
-    python3Packages.pybind11
     python3Packages.pyyaml
     python3Packages.ply
     python3Packages.sphinx