diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index d0cb05268d43fb..eb839b446c13e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 , bzip2
 , expat
 , libffi
+, libuuid
 , libxcrypt
 , mpdecimal
 , ncurses
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ let
     bzip2
     expat
     libffi
+    libuuid
     libxcrypt
     mpdecimal
     ncurses
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
index 582c37cd2c791e..edc187ac2a1691 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ in {
     gdbm = null;
     sqlite = null;
     tzdata = null;
+    libuuid = null;
     libffi = libffiBoot; # without test suite
     stripConfig = true;
     stripIdlelib = true;