diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
index fd3cb9d82..21b7690ff 100644
--- a/nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ in
       nativeBuildInputs = [
         hyprwayland-scanner
         makeWrapper
-        meson
+        cmake
         ninja
         cmake # needed for glaze
         pkg-config