diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index a81fc649a46..3e3bb65d1bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ let
     libamtrack = [ pkgs.gsl_1 ];
     mixcat = [ pkgs.gsl_1 ];
     mvabund = [ pkgs.gsl_1 ];
-    mwaved = [ pkgs.fftw ];
+    mwaved = [ pkgs.fftw.dev ];
     ncdf4 = [ pkgs.netcdf ];
     nloptr = [ pkgs.nlopt ];
     openssl = [ pkgs.openssl.dev ];