diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
index 63adbf04b0e4c..30dcb303f778f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ let
       runtime = [ gsl ];
     };
     gr-zeromq = {
-      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
       cmakeEnableFlag = "GR_ZEROMQ";
+      pythonRuntime = with python.pkgs; [ pyzmq ];
+      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
     };
   };
   shared = (import ./shared.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
index 784ab7bd0fc23..63a74f9535d79 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ let
       runtime = [ gsl libsodium ];
     };
     gr-zeromq = {
-      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
       cmakeEnableFlag = "GR_ZEROMQ";
+      pythonRuntime = with python.pkgs; [ pyzmq ];
+      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
     };
     gr-network = {
       cmakeEnableFlag = "GR_NETWORK";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
index 2865e8b70a104..585307cad88e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ let
       runtime = [ gsl libsodium ];
     };
     gr-zeromq = {
-      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
       cmakeEnableFlag = "GR_ZEROMQ";
+      pythonRuntime = with python.pkgs; [ pyzmq ];
+      runtime = [ cppzmq zeromq ];
     };
     gr-network = {
       cmakeEnableFlag = "GR_NETWORK";