diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/default.nix
index beee52f8217..cdb1b95935f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gobject-introspection
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-libpeas-gtk-pc.patch
+  ];
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/fix-libpeas-gtk-pc.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/fix-libpeas-gtk-pc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8016939716d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpeas/fix-libpeas-gtk-pc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/libpeas-gtk/meson.build b/libpeas-gtk/meson.build
+index bf590de..00def42 100644
+--- a/libpeas-gtk/meson.build
++++ b/libpeas-gtk/meson.build
+@@ -111,10 +111,17 @@ libpeas_gtk_test_dep = declare_dependency(
+   sources: libpeas_gtk_dep_sources,
+ )
+ 
++libpeas_gtk_pc_reqs = [
++  glib_dep,
++  gtk_dep,
++  package_string + ' >= @0@'.format(version)
++]
++
+ libpeas_gtk_pc = pkg.generate(
+   libpeas_gtk_sha,
+   name: package_gtk_string,
+   description: 'GObject plugins library widgetery',
++  requires: libpeas_gtk_pc_reqs,
+   subdirs: package_string,
+   install_dir: pkgconfigdir,
+ )