diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
index 0ecbb35c167..b44fd34ac9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson ninja pkgconfig gettext python3 libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_43
-    gtk-doc gobject-introspection makeWrapper
+    gtk-doc gobject-introspection makeWrapper glib
   ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     + ''
       moveToOutput "bin" "$dev"
       moveToOutput "bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer" "$out"
-
+    '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
       # We need to install 'loaders.cache' in lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/
       $dev/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
     '';