diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 876b5861a05..068130f9c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ self: super:
   });
 
   xkeyboardconfig = super.xkeyboardconfig.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-    buildInputs = attrs.buildInputs ++ [intltool];
+    nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs ++ [intltool];
 
     #TODO: resurrect patches for US_intl?
     patches = [ ./xkeyboard-config-eo.patch ];