diff --git a/distros/jazzy/overrides.nix b/distros/jazzy/overrides.nix
index 0b89a3215d..6530579f78 100644
--- a/distros/jazzy/overrides.nix
+++ b/distros/jazzy/overrides.nix
@@ -189,6 +189,24 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  libcamera = rosSuper.libcamera.overrideAttrs ({
+    postPatch ? "",
+    nativeBuildInputs ? [],
+    ...
+  }: {
+    # Nixpkgs defaults to enabling all optional features, but we
+    # enable only features for which ROS package.xml declares
+    # dependencies.
+    mesonAutoFeatures = "auto";
+    postPatch = postPatch + ''
+      patchShebangs --build \
+        src/py/libcamera/*.py \
+        utils/codegen/*.py \
+        utils/codegen/ipc/*.py
+    '';
+    nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ self.ninja ];
+  });
+
   libphidget22 = lib.patchVendorUrl rosSuper.libphidget22 {
     url = "https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/phidget22/libraries/linux/libphidget22/libphidget22-1.19.20240304.tar.gz";
     hash = "sha256-GpzGMpQ02s/X/XEcGoozzMjigrbqvAu81bcb7QG+36E=";
diff --git a/distros/rolling/overrides.nix b/distros/rolling/overrides.nix
index db0231aa33..3090810000 100644
--- a/distros/rolling/overrides.nix
+++ b/distros/rolling/overrides.nix
@@ -189,6 +189,24 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  libcamera = rosSuper.libcamera.overrideAttrs ({
+    postPatch ? "",
+    nativeBuildInputs ? [],
+    ...
+  }: {
+    # Nixpkgs defaults to enabling all optional features, but we
+    # enable only features for which ROS package.xml declares
+    # dependencies.
+    mesonAutoFeatures = "auto";
+    postPatch = postPatch + ''
+      patchShebangs --build \
+        src/py/libcamera/*.py \
+        utils/codegen/*.py \
+        utils/codegen/ipc/*.py
+    '';
+    nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ self.ninja ];
+  });
+
   libphidget22 = lib.patchVendorUrl rosSuper.libphidget22 {
     url = "https://www.phidgets.com/downloads/phidget22/libraries/linux/libphidget22/libphidget22-1.19.20240304.tar.gz";
     hash = "sha256-GpzGMpQ02s/X/XEcGoozzMjigrbqvAu81bcb7QG+36E=";