diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/pgbackrest/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/pgbackrest/default.nix
index 6450840668f3..02933fcc63ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/pgbackrest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/pgbackrest/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, python3
 , pkg-config
-, postgresql
-, openssl
-, lz4
+, libbacktrace
 , bzip2
+, lz4
+, postgresql
 , libxml2
-, zlib
-, zstd
 , libyaml
+, zlib
+, libssh2
+, zstd
 }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pgbackrest";
   version = "2.51";
@@ -22,11 +27,33 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-o6UROI+t35lHSFeRMLh0nIkmLMdcclpkKNzjkw/z56Q=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ postgresql openssl lz4 bzip2 libxml2 zlib zstd libyaml ];
+  strictDeps = true;
 
-  postUnpack = ''
-    sourceRoot+=/src
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    python3
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libbacktrace
+    bzip2
+    lz4
+    postgresql
+    libxml2
+    libyaml
+    zlib
+    libssh2
+    zstd
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm555 -t "$out/bin" src/pgbackrest
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {