diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
index 201bec30e22..d3505679e4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
     "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}"       # optional
     "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
-    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${getDev libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
     "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff.dev}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 72135f1a62d..1295a100232 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
     "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}" # optional
     "--with-pg=yes" # since gdal 3.0 doesn't use ${postgresql}/bin/pg_config
-    "--with-mysql=${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${getDev libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
     "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff}"
     "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
     "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"