diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/libopenshot.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/libopenshot.nix
index 30845faccd7..d635d6052cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/libopenshot.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/openshot-qt/libopenshot.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
 , pkg-config, cmake, doxygen
 , libopenshot-audio, imagemagick, ffmpeg
-, swig, python3
+, swig, python3, jsoncpp
 , unittest-cpp, cppzmq, zeromq
 , qtbase, qtmultimedia
 , llvmPackages
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake doxygen ];
 
   buildInputs =
-  [ imagemagick ffmpeg swig python3
+  [ imagemagick ffmpeg swig python3 jsoncpp
     cppzmq zeromq qtbase qtmultimedia ]
     ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin llvmPackages.openmp
   ;