diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-audible/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-audible/default.nix
index 92bebc0c31427..42ec73c8f2742 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-audible/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets-audible/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   hatchling,
 
   # native
-  beets,
+  beets-minimal,
 
   # dependencies
   markdownify,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    beets
+    beets-minimal
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
index a390d64fe7f6d..4fe0608dc1549 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beets/default.nix
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
   **     };
   **   };
   ** }
+  **
+  ** For an example adding a builtin plugin, see
+  ** passthru.tests.with-new-builtin-plugin below
 */
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  beets,
 
   # build-system
   poetry-core,
@@ -104,24 +106,16 @@
 
   # passthru.tests
   runCommand,
+  beets,
 }:
 
-let
-  # Avoid using `rec`, so that using e.g `passthru` or any other attributes
-  # defined inside, will have to be done via the beets argument, which can be
-  # overriden. Until `finalAttrs` support reaches `buildPythonPackage`, there
-  # is no way to avoid this. See:
-  #
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/258246
-  version = "2.5.1";
-in
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "beets";
   version = "2.5.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "beetbox";
     repo = "beets";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-H3jcEHyK13+RHVlV4zp+8M3LZ0Jc2FdmAbLpekGozLA=";
   };
   pyproject = true;
@@ -154,7 +148,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     typing-extensions
     lap
   ]
-  ++ (lib.concatMap (p: p.propagatedBuildInputs) (lib.attrValues beets.passthru.plugins.enabled));
+  ++ (lib.concatMap (p: p.propagatedBuildInputs) (
+    lib.attrValues finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.enabled
+  ));
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gobject-introspection
@@ -195,7 +191,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   makeWrapperArgs = [
     "--set GI_TYPELIB_PATH \"$GI_TYPELIB_PATH\""
     "--set GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0 \"$GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH_1_0\""
-    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath beets.passthru.plugins.wrapperBins}"
+    "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.wrapperBins}"
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -208,12 +204,12 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     pillow
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ]
-  ++ beets.passthru.plugins.wrapperBins;
+  ++ finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.wrapperBins;
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   disabledTestPaths =
-    beets.passthru.plugins.disabledTestPaths
+    finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.disabledTestPaths
     ++ [
       # touches network
       "test/plugins/test_aura.py"
@@ -255,14 +251,14 @@ buildPythonPackage {
       \( -name '*.py' -o -path 'beetsplug/*/__init__.py' \) -print \
       | sed -n -re 's|^beetsplug/([^/.]+).*|\1|p' \
       | sort -u > plugins_available
-    ${diffPlugins (lib.attrNames beets.passthru.plugins.builtins) "plugins_available"}
+    ${diffPlugins (lib.attrNames finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.builtins) "plugins_available"}
 
     export BEETS_TEST_SHELL="${lib.getExe bashInteractive} --norc"
 
     env EDITOR="${writeScript "beetconfig.sh" ''
       #!${runtimeShell}
       cat > "$1" <<CFG
-      plugins: ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.attrNames beets.passthru.plugins.enabled)}
+      plugins: ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.attrNames finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.enabled)}
       CFG
     ''}" "$out/bin/beet" config -e
     env EDITOR=true "$out/bin/beet" config -e
@@ -442,30 +438,39 @@ buildPythonPackage {
           testPaths = [ ];
         };
       };
-      base = lib.mapAttrs (_: a: { builtin = true; } // a) beets.passthru.plugins.builtins;
+      base = lib.mapAttrs (
+        _: a: { builtin = true; } // a
+      ) finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.builtins;
       overrides = lib.mapAttrs (
         plugName:
-        lib.throwIf (beets.passthru.plugins.builtins.${plugName}.deprecated or false)
+        lib.throwIf (finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.builtins.${plugName}.deprecated or false)
           "beets evaluation error: Plugin ${plugName} was enabled in pluginOverrides, but it has been removed. Remove the override to fix evaluation."
       ) pluginOverrides;
-      all = lib.mapAttrs (
-        n: a:
-        {
-          name = n;
-          enable = !disableAllPlugins;
-          builtin = false;
-          propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
-          testPaths = [ "test/plugins/test_${n}.py" ];
-          wrapperBins = [ ];
-        }
-        // a
-      ) (lib.recursiveUpdate beets.passthru.plugins.base beets.passthru.plugins.overrides);
-      enabled = lib.filterAttrs (_: p: p.enable) beets.passthru.plugins.all;
-      disabled = lib.filterAttrs (_: p: !p.enable) beets.passthru.plugins.all;
+      all =
+        lib.mapAttrs
+          (
+            n: a:
+            {
+              name = n;
+              enable = !disableAllPlugins;
+              builtin = false;
+              propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+              testPaths = [ "test/plugins/test_${n}.py" ];
+              wrapperBins = [ ];
+            }
+            // a
+          )
+          (
+            lib.recursiveUpdate finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.base finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.overrides
+          );
+      enabled = lib.filterAttrs (_: p: p.enable) finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.all;
+      disabled = lib.filterAttrs (_: p: !p.enable) finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.all;
       disabledTestPaths = lib.flatten (
-        lib.attrValues (lib.mapAttrs (_: v: v.testPaths) beets.passthru.plugins.disabled)
+        lib.attrValues (lib.mapAttrs (_: v: v.testPaths) finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.disabled)
+      );
+      wrapperBins = lib.concatMap (p: p.wrapperBins) (
+        lib.attrValues finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.plugins.enabled
       );
-      wrapperBins = lib.concatMap (p: p.wrapperBins) (lib.attrValues beets.passthru.plugins.enabled);
     };
     tests = {
       gstreamer =
@@ -483,8 +488,45 @@ buildPythonPackage {
               backend: gstreamer
             EOF
 
-            ${beets}/bin/beet -c $out/config.yaml > /dev/null
+            ${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/bin/beet -c $out/config.yaml > /dev/null
           '';
+      with-new-builtin-plugin = finalAttrs.finalPackage.overrideAttrs (
+        newAttrs: oldAttrs: {
+          postPatch = (oldAttrs.postPatch or "") + ''
+            mkdir -p beetsplug/my_special_plugin
+            touch beetsplug/my_special_plugin/__init__.py
+          '';
+          passthru = lib.recursiveUpdate oldAttrs.passthru {
+            plugins.builtins.my_special_plugin = { };
+          };
+        }
+      );
+      # Test that disabling
+      with-mpd-plugins-disabled = beets.override {
+        pluginOverrides = {
+          # These two plugins require mpd2 Python dependency. If they are
+          # disabled, this dependency shouldn't be pulled, and the `runCommand`
+          # test below should fail with a `ModuleNotFoundError`
+          mpdstats.enable = false;
+          mpdupdate.enable = false;
+        };
+      };
+      mpd-plugins-really-disabled = runCommand "beets-mpd-plugins-disabled-test" { } ''
+        set -euo pipefail
+        export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+        mkdir $out
+
+        cat << EOF > $out/config.yaml
+        plugins:
+          - mpdstats
+        EOF
+        ${finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.tests.with-mpd-plugins-disabled}/bin/beet \
+          -c $out/config.yaml \
+          --help 2> $out/help-stderr || true
+        ${finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.tests.with-mpd-plugins-disabled}/bin/beet \
+          -c $out/config.yaml \
+          mpdstats --help 2> $out/mpdstats-help-stderr || true
+      '';
     };
   };
 
@@ -501,4 +543,4 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
     mainProgram = "beet";
   };
-}
+})