--- a/src/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
+++ b/src/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
@@ -1241,6 +1241,12 @@ bool deployQmlImports(const QString &appBundlePath, DeploymentInfo deploymentInf
     if (!QFile(qmlImportScannerPath).exists())
         qmlImportScannerPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/qmlimportscanner";
 
+#ifdef NIXPKGS_QMLIMPORTSCANNER
+    // Fallback: Nixpkgs hardcoded path
+    if (!QFile(qmlImportScannerPath).exists())
+        qmlImportScannerPath = NIXPKGS_QMLIMPORTSCANNER;
+#endif
+
     // Verify that we found a qmlimportscanner binary
     if (!QFile(qmlImportScannerPath).exists()) {
         LogError() << "qmlimportscanner not found at" << qmlImportScannerPath;