diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/baloo-widgets.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/baloo-widgets.nix
index d38eea96c59..4501dcec7ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/baloo-widgets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/baloo-widgets.nix
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ kdeApp {
     ki18n
     kservice
     kfilemetadata
-    baloo
     kdelibs4support
   ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    baloo
+  ];
   meta = {
     license = [ lib.licenses.lgpl21 ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
index 1704e9ae272..2b886b63d14 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ kdeApp {
     knotifications
     kactivities
     phonon
-    baloo
     baloo-widgets
     kfilemetadata
     kdelibs4support
   ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    baloo
+  ];
   meta = {
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 fdl12 ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/gwenview.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/gwenview.nix
index 27d20369128..4a83209dc0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/gwenview.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/gwenview.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ kdeApp {
     kdoctools
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    baloo
     exiv2
     kactivities
     kdelibs4support
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ kdeApp {
     lcms2
     phonon
     qtsvg
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    baloo
     qtx11extras
   ];
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-desktop/default.nix
index 934d4c1643d..76ddb520fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-desktop/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ plasmaPackage {
     kdoctools
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    attica baloo boost fontconfig kactivities kauth kcmutils
+    attica boost fontconfig kactivities kauth kcmutils
     kdbusaddons kdeclarative kded kdelibs4support kemoticons
     kglobalaccel ki18n kitemmodels knewstuff knotifications
     knotifyconfig kpeople krunner kwallet kwin libcanberra_kde
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ plasmaPackage {
     plasma-workspace qtdeclarative qtx11extras qtsvg xf86inputevdev
     xf86inputsynaptics xkeyboard_config xinput
   ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ baloo ];
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./0001-hwclock.patch;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-mediacenter.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-mediacenter.nix
index 6b21eed5a95..27ae27012bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-mediacenter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-mediacenter.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-{ plasmaPackage
-, extra-cmake-modules
-, baloo
-, kactivities
-, kconfig
-, kcoreaddons
-, kdeclarative
-, kguiaddons
-, ki18n
-, kio
-, kservice
-, kfilemetadata
-, plasma-framework
-, qtdeclarative
-, qtmultimedia
+{ plasmaPackage, extra-cmake-modules, baloo, kactivities, kconfig
+, kcoreaddons, kdeclarative, kguiaddons, ki18n, kio, kservice
+, kfilemetadata, plasma-framework, qtdeclarative, qtmultimedia
 , taglib
 }:
 
@@ -22,19 +10,9 @@ plasmaPackage {
     extra-cmake-modules
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    baloo
-    kactivities
-    kconfig
-    kcoreaddons
-    kdeclarative
-    kguiaddons
-    ki18n
-    kio
-    kservice
-    kfilemetadata
-    plasma-framework
-    qtdeclarative
-    qtmultimedia
+    kactivities kconfig kcoreaddons kdeclarative kguiaddons ki18n kio
+    kservice kfilemetadata plasma-framework qtdeclarative qtmultimedia
     taglib
   ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ baloo ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
index 3408526fa33..f1c44536a52 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ plasmaPackage {
     kdoctools
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    baloo kactivities kcmutils kcrash kdbusaddons kdeclarative
+    kactivities kcmutils kcrash kdbusaddons kdeclarative
     kdelibs4support kdesu kdewebkit kglobalaccel kidletime kjsembed
     knewstuff knotifyconfig kpackage krunner ktexteditor ktextwidgets
     kwallet kwayland kwin kxmlrpcclient libdbusmenu libkscreen libSM
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ plasmaPackage {
     qtscript qtx11extras solid wayland
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    libksysguard
+    baloo libksysguard
   ];
   patches = [ ./0001-startkde-NixOS-patches.patch ];