diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/input-overlay.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/input-overlay.nix
index f818cf689cb1..d556e6838f57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/input-overlay.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/input-overlay.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
+  ninja,
   obs-studio,
   libuiohook,
   qtbase,
@@ -13,14 +14,14 @@
   SDL2,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "obs-input-overlay";
   version = "5.0.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "univrsal";
     repo = "input-overlay";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-ju4u7hhx+hTuq7Oh0DBPV8RRM8zqyyvYV74KymU0+2c=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
+    ninja
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libxkbfile
   ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-msse4.1"
   ];
 
@@ -62,8 +64,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/univrsal/input-overlay";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ glittershark ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-    # never built on aarch64-linux since first introduction in nixpkgs
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64;
+    inherit (obs-studio.meta) platforms;
   };
-}
+})