diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
index a8340a2c22c4..e5ce1f0092e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , oceSupport ? false, opencascade
 , withOCCT ? true, opencascade-occt
 , ngspiceSupport ? true, libngspice
-, scriptingSupport ? false, swig, python3
+, scriptingSupport ? true, swig, python3
 , debug ? false, valgrind
 , with3d ? true
 , withI18n ? true