diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
index 5b4bde0ff0a..eac1bc7b51e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
@@ -75,12 +75,19 @@ let
       depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
 
       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-      buildInputs = [ file libzip xxHash readline libusb libewf perl zlib openssl libuv ]
+      buildInputs = [ file readline libusb libewf perl zlib openssl libuv ]
         ++ optional useX11 [ gtkdialog vte gtk2 ]
         ++ optional rubyBindings [ ruby ]
         ++ optional pythonBindings [ python3 ]
         ++ optional luaBindings [ lua ];
 
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        # radare2 exposes r_lib which depends on these libraries
+        file # for its list of magic numbers (`libmagic`)
+        libzip
+        xxHash
+      ];
+
       meta = {
         description = "unix-like reverse engineering framework and commandline tools";
         homepage = http://radare.org/;