diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new/lisp-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new/lisp-packages.nix
index 5376ed6f177f..78dd34ccdced 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new/lisp-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new/lisp-packages.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ let
     removeSuffix
     hasInfix
     optionalString
+    makeBinPath
     makeLibraryPath
     makeSearchPath
     recurseIntoAttrs
@@ -249,6 +250,12 @@ let
             then pkgs.applyPatches { inherit (args) src patches; }
             else args.src;
       patches = [];
+
+      # make sure that propagated build-inputs from lispLibs are propagated
+      propagatedBuildInputs = lib.unique
+        (builtins.concatLists
+          (lib.catAttrs "propagatedBuildInputs"
+            (builtins.concatLists [[args] lispLibs nativeLibs javaLibs])));
     })));
 
   # Build the set of lisp packages using `lisp`