diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
index c0fc4d1556f..55a08d59ed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, nasm }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, nasm, xxd }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libvmaf";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja nasm ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja nasm xxd ];
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Denable_avx512=true" ];