diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/builder-prioritize-python-env-in-path.patch b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/builder-prioritize-python-env-in-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9e60ce91a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/builder-prioritize-python-env-in-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/platformio/builder/main.py
++++ b/platformio/builder/main.py
+@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ clivars.AddVariables(
+     ("PROGRAM_ARGS",),
+ )
+ 
++os.environ["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join([os.path.dirname(get_pythonexe_path()), os.environ.get("PATH")])
++
+ DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS = dict(
+     tools=[
+         "ar",
diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
index e4dfae81386d..541c119f3051 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   patches = [
     (replaceVars ./interpreter.patch {
-      interpreter = (python3Packages.python.withPackages (_: propagatedBuildInputs)).interpreter;
+      interpreter = (python3Packages.python.withPackages (_: dependencies)).interpreter;
     })
     (replaceVars ./use-local-spdx-license-list.patch {
       spdx_license_list_data = spdx-license-list-data.json;
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
       hash = "sha256-yq+/QHCkhAkFND11MbKFiiWT3oF1cHhgWj5JkYjwuY0=";
       revert = true;
     })
+    ./builder-prioritize-python-env-in-path.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -57,13 +58,14 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles
-    setuptools
     udevCheckHook
   ];
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   pythonRelaxDeps = true;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     aiofiles
     ajsonrpc
     bottle
@@ -71,10 +73,13 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     click-completion
     colorama
     git
+    intelhex
     lockfile
     marshmallow
+    pip
     pyelftools
     pyserial
+    pyyaml
     requests
     semantic-version
     setuptools
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     starlette
     tabulate
     uvicorn
+    wheel
     wsproto
     zeroconf
   ]