diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mutter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mutter/package.nix
index 8e49bb22ca38..6ae910725240 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mutter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mutter/package.nix
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # required for pkg-config to detect mutter-mtk
     graphene
+    mesa  # actually uses eglmesaext
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     desktop-file-utils
     gettext
     libxcvt
-    mesa  # actually uses eglmesaext
     meson
     ninja
     xvfb-run