diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/plex-mpv-shim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/plex-mpv-shim/default.nix
index 2d0643c4ddb9..b7a5f2ce38c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/plex-mpv-shim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/plex-mpv-shim/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, mpv, requests, python-mpv-jsonipc, pystray, tkinter }:
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, mpv, requests, python-mpv-jsonipc, pystray, tkinter
+, wrapGAppsHook, gobject-introspection }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "plex-mpv-shim";
@@ -11,8 +12,19 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "0hgv9g17dkrh3zbsx27n80yvkgix9j2x0rgg6d3qsf7hp5j3xw4r";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpv requests python-mpv-jsonipc pystray tkinter ];
 
+  # needed for pystray to access appindicator using GI
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
+  '';
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+
   # does not contain tests
   doCheck = false;