diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
index 543545de2631..a0a558f5ed8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
     "-DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=ON"
     (lib.optionalString usePython "-DUSE_PYTHON=true")
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (usePython && stdenv.isDarwin) [
+    # Fix python lookup on Darwin. Not necessary after
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/94090 lands in master
+    "-DPython_ROOT_DIR=${python}"
   ];
 
   # by default, it will query the python interpreter for it's sitepackages location