diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/appimage/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/appimage/default.nix
index 95dc7ffd1cd66..0d44a5ab23e96 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/appimage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/appimage/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rec {
 
   wrapAppImage = args@{
     src,
-    extraPkgs,
+    extraPkgs ? pkgs: [ ],
     meta ? {},
     ...
   }: buildFHSEnv