diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index ac8747e60fa..724979439d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
         ++ lib.optional phantomjsSupport phantomjs2;
     in [ ''--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath packagesToBinPath}"'' ];
 
+  setupPyBuildFlags = [
+    "build_lazy_extractors"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/zsh/site-functions
     cp youtube-dl.zsh $out/share/zsh/site-functions/_youtube-dl