diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/cutter.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/cutter.nix
index d4c554f8ff63..d4a102ac097b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/cutter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/cutter.nix
@@ -30,18 +30,28 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "include(lib_radare2.pri)" ""
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtwebengine r2-for-cutter python3 wrapQtAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake pkgconfig python3 wrapQtAppsHook ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3.pkgs.pyside2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtwebengine r2-for-cutter python3 ];
 
-  qmakeFlags = [
+  qmakeFlags = with python3.pkgs; [
     "CONFIG+=link_pkgconfig"
     "PKGCONFIG+=r_core"
     # Leaving this enabled doesn't break build but generates errors
     # at runtime (to console) about being unable to load needed bits.
     # Disable until can be looked at.
     "CUTTER_ENABLE_JUPYTER=false"
+    # Enable support for Python plugins
+    "CUTTER_ENABLE_PYTHON=true"
+    "CUTTER_ENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=true"
+    "SHIBOKEN_EXTRA_OPTIONS+=-I${r2-for-cutter}/include/libr"
   ];
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS $(pkg-config --libs python3-embed)"
+    qtWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH")
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {