diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/buildah/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/buildah/wrapper.nix
index dfa465cfdea..a31dece7df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/buildah/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/buildah/wrapper.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 let
   buildah = buildah-unwrapped;
 
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
   binPath = lib.makeBinPath ([
     runc
     crun