diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncspot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncspot/default.nix
index 0d8fd8e2637..4e7b1235b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ncspot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ncspot/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 , withALSA ? true, alsaLib ? null
 , withPulseAudio ? false, libpulseaudio ? null
 , withPortAudio ? false, portaudio ? null
+, withMPRIS ? false, dbus ? null
 }:
 
 let
   features = [ "cursive/pancurses-backend" ]
     ++ lib.optional withALSA "alsa_backend"
     ++ lib.optional withPulseAudio "pulseaudio_backend"
-    ++ lib.optional withPortAudio "portaudio_backend";
+    ++ lib.optional withPortAudio "portaudio_backend"
+    ++ lib.optional withMPRIS "mpris";
 in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "ncspot";
@@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses openssl ]
     ++ lib.optional withALSA alsaLib
     ++ lib.optional withPulseAudio libpulseaudio
-    ++ lib.optional withPortAudio portaudio;
+    ++ lib.optional withPortAudio portaudio
+    ++ lib.optional withMPRIS dbus;
 
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cd03b6c8332..cf92cae7a6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21013,6 +21013,7 @@ in
     withALSA = stdenv.isLinux;
     withPulseAudio = config.pulseaudio or stdenv.isLinux;
     withPortAudio = stdenv.isDarwin;
+    withMPRIS = stdenv.isLinux;
   };
 
   ncview = callPackage ../tools/X11/ncview { } ;