diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
index 1d47970d131d9..c0ca9d1b537a3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontdir.nix
@@ -8,19 +8,35 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.fonts.fontDir;
 
-  x11Fonts = pkgs.runCommand "X11-fonts" { preferLocalBuild = true; } ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/share/X11/fonts"
-    font_regexp='.*\.\(ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf\)\(\.gz\)?'
-    find ${toString config.fonts.packages} -regex "$font_regexp" \
-      -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/X11/fonts" '{}' \;
-    cd "$out/share/X11/fonts"
-    ${lib.optionalString cfg.decompressFonts ''
-      ${pkgs.gzip}/bin/gunzip -f *.gz
-    ''}
-    ${pkgs.xorg.mkfontscale}/bin/mkfontscale
-    ${pkgs.xorg.mkfontdir}/bin/mkfontdir
-    cat $(find ${pkgs.xorg.fontalias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias
-  '';
+  x11Fonts = pkgs.callPackage (
+    {
+      runCommand,
+      gzip,
+      xorg,
+    }:
+    runCommand "X11-fonts"
+      {
+        preferLocalBuild = true;
+        nativeBuildInputs = [
+          gzip
+          xorg.mkfontscale
+          xorg.mkfontdir
+        ];
+      }
+      ''
+        mkdir -p "$out/share/X11/fonts"
+        font_regexp='.*\.\(ttf\|ttc\|otb\|otf\|pcf\|pfa\|pfb\|bdf\)\(\.gz\)?'
+        find ${toString config.fonts.packages} -regex "$font_regexp" \
+          -exec ln -sf -t "$out/share/X11/fonts" '{}' \;
+        cd "$out/share/X11/fonts"
+        ${lib.optionalString cfg.decompressFonts ''
+          gunzip -f *.gz
+        ''}
+        mkfontscale
+        mkfontdir
+        cat $(find ${pkgs.xorg.fontalias}/ -name fonts.alias) >fonts.alias
+      ''
+  ) { };
 
 in