diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f5c3f6c5103..ddc1375f276 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5133,7 +5133,9 @@ in {
   else
     throw "pyobjc can only be built on Mac OS";
 
-  pyocr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyocr { };
+  pyocr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyocr {
+    tesseract = pkgs.tesseract_4;
+  };
 
   pyodbc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyodbc { };