diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
index 145672cad38..a514b0ff63d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lxterminal/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--enable-man"
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    automake autoconf intltool pkgconfig gtk2 vte libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412
-    docbook_xml_xslt libxml2 findXMLCatalogs
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    automake autoconf intltool pkgconfig
+    libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xml_xslt libxml2 findXMLCatalogs
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 vte ];
+
   patches = [
     ./respect-xml-catalog-files-var.patch
   ];