diff --git a/preserves-nim/default.nix b/preserves-nim/default.nix
index e589cb1..30435d8 100644
--- a/preserves-nim/default.nix
+++ b/preserves-nim/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitea, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitea, fetchFromGitHub, preserves }:
 
 let
   compiler = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ let
 
 in buildNimPackage rec {
   pname = "preserves";
-  version = "3.3.0";
+  version = "3.3.1";
   src = fetchFromGitea {
     domain = "git.syndicate-lang.org";
     owner = "ehmry";
     repo = "${pname}-nim";
     rev = "nim-${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-bKALG3Gfq6Pezu9KH6LPc4L57iapILkClbEJVmlQsBY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-xliHep/00EYWK9Y7bxhW6I/at3pbSJX7BCtngVo9UtY=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ compiler npeg ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs =
+    lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) preserves;
+  # propagate the utilities of this package for this build platform
   preConfigure = "substituteInPlace preserves.nimble --replace '# bin ' 'bin '";
 
   postInstall = ''