diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libplist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libplist/default.nix
index c8e9ddb82c5..cac4299f289 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libplist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libplist/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, enablePython ? false, python, glib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, enablePython ? false, python ? null, glib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libplist";