diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
index 73e47038a26..cf3f173a096 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonata/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, wrapGAppsHook, gettext
-, python3Packages, gnome3, gtk3, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gobject-introspection }:
+, python3Packages, gnome3, gtk3, glib, gdk-pixbuf, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gobject-introspection }:
 
 let
   inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication isPy3k dbus-python pygobject3 mpd2 setuptools;
@@ -16,13 +16,30 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ wrapGAppsHook gettext ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
-    gsettings-desktop-schemas
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    gobject-introspection
+    wrapGAppsHook
   ];
 
-  # Otherwise the setup hook for gsettings-desktop-schemas is not run:
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
+    gsettings-desktop-schemas
+    gtk3
+    gdk-pixbuf
+  ];
+
+  # The optional tagpy dependency (for editing metadata) is not yet
+  # included because it's difficult to build.
+  pythonPath = [
+    dbus-python
+    mpd2
+    pygobject3
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  # Otherwise the setup hook for gobject-introspection is not run:
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/56943
   strictDeps = false;
 
@@ -31,14 +48,6 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
     sed -i '/localmpd/d' sonata/consts.py
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    gobject-introspection gtk3 pygobject3 setuptools
-  ];
-
-  # The optional tagpy dependency (for editing metadata) is not yet
-  # included because it's difficult to build.
-  pythonPath = [ dbus-python pygobject3 mpd2 ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "An elegant client for the Music Player Daemon";
     longDescription = ''