diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
index ea7e7e89d370..da3579a6595b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ releaseTools.sourceTarball rec {
   version = builtins.readFile ../../.version;
   versionSuffix = "pre${toString nixpkgs.revCount}.${nixpkgs.shortRev}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ nix jq ];
+  buildInputs = [ nix.out jq ];
 
   configurePhase = ''
     eval "$preConfigure"