diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
index e177b284bbda..be3a5612a297 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/piper/default.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja gettext pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook desktop-file-utils appstream-glib gobject-introspection ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk3 glib gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme python3 ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ lxml evdev pygobject3 ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3 glib gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme python3
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [ lxml evdev pygobject3 ] ++ [
+    gobject-introspection # fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/56943 for now
+  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_install.sh # patchShebangs requires executable file