diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs-2.8/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs-2.8/glib/default.nix
index be02af7c10c..d7ea1f0a42a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs-2.8/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-libs-2.8/glib/default.nix
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.8/glib-2.8.6.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "fce6835fd8c99ab4c3e5213bc5bcd0ed";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig gettext perl];
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig perl];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [gettext];
 }