diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
index 33a2cf93209..81cba3f5637 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kupfer/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 with python3Packages;
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
-  name = "kupfer-${version}";
+  pname = "kupfer";
   version = "319";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   buildInputs = [ hicolor-icon-theme docutils libwnck3 keybinder3 ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygobject3 gtk3 pyxdg dbus-python pycairo ];
 
+  # without strictDeps kupfer fails to build: Could not find the python module 'gi.repository.Gtk'
+  # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/56943 for details
+  strictDeps = false;
+
   postInstall = let
     pythonPath = (stdenv.lib.concatMapStringsSep ":"
       (m: "${m}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages")
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77e706b7161..847815cfe79 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18441,7 +18441,11 @@ in
 
   kubetail = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kubetail { } ;
 
-  kupfer = callPackage ../applications/misc/kupfer { };
+  kupfer = callPackage ../applications/misc/kupfer {
+    # using python36 as there appears to be a waf issue with python37
+    # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/60498
+    python3Packages = python36Packages;
+  };
 
   lame = callPackage ../development/libraries/lame { };