diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index cf2a01faf1c2..bcb1052255ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   #
   # Still missing these tools: abootimg docx2txt dumpxsb enjarify js-beautify lipo oggDump otool procyon-decompiler Rscript wasm2wat zipnode
   # Also these libraries: python3-guestfs
-  pythonPath = with python3Packages; [ debian libarchive-c python_magic tlsh rpm ] ++ [
+  pythonPath = with python3Packages; [ debian libarchive-c python_magic tlsh rpm pyxattr ] ++ [
       acl binutils-unwrapped bzip2 cdrkit colordiff coreutils cpio db diffutils
       dtc e2fsprogs file findutils fontforge-fonttools gettext gnutar gzip
       libarchive libcaca lz4 pgpdump progressbar33 sng sqlite squashfsTools unzip xxd xz