diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix
index 4ce373ee7ad2..274e5b61c14f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyrtlsdr/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , rtl-sdr
+, pypandoc
+, pandoc
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "dd041143b68628c713c2227c78c40b0b4a0cb5d08df116f7bdc5f83c529be0e4";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ pypandoc pandoc ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     sed "s|driver_files =.*|driver_files = ['${rtl-sdr}/lib/librtlsdr.so']|" -i rtlsdr/librtlsdr.py
   '';