diff --git a/pkgs/kde/plasma/kwallet-pam/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kwallet-pam/default.nix
index 4b3cdd678dee..a540f54a85ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/plasma/kwallet-pam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/plasma/kwallet-pam/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   mkKdeDerivation,
+  pkg-config,
   pam,
   libgcrypt,
   socat,
@@ -12,5 +13,6 @@ mkKdeDerivation {
     sed -i pam_kwallet_init -e "s|socat|${lib.getBin socat}/bin/socat|"
   '';
 
+  extraNativeBuildInputs = [pkg-config];
   extraBuildInputs = [pam libgcrypt];
 }