diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 47d463464b3..8cff9c09b0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ in {
 
   fdint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fdint { };
 
-  fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fuse-python { fuse = pkgs.fuse; };
+  fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fuse-python {
+    inherit (pkgs) fuse pkgconfig;
+  };
 
   genanki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/genanki { };