diff --git a/examples/toolchains/cc_cross_osx_to_linux_amd64/WORKSPACE b/examples/toolchains/cc_cross_osx_to_linux_amd64/WORKSPACE
index 6ab9dcf3..30812fb5 100644
--- a/examples/toolchains/cc_cross_osx_to_linux_amd64/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/toolchains/cc_cross_osx_to_linux_amd64/WORKSPACE
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ load(
     "@io_tweag_rules_nixpkgs//nixpkgs:nixpkgs.bzl",
     "nixpkgs_cc_configure",
     "nixpkgs_local_repository",
+    "nixpkgs_python_configure",
 )
 
 nixpkgs_local_repository(
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ nixpkgs_cc_configure(
     repository = "@nixpkgs",
 )
 
+nixpkgs_python_configure(repository = "@nixpkgs")
+
 nixpkgs_cc_configure(
     name = "nixpkgs_cross_cc",
     cross_cpu = "k8",