diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
index 1050490a220b..c17ac9dcf03d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/eccodes/default.nix
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace cmake/FindOpenJPEG.cmake --replace openjpeg-2.1 ${openjpeg.incDir}
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gfortran ];
 
   buildInputs = [ netcdf
                   openjpeg
                   libpng
-                  gfortran
                 ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = optionals enablePython [
                   pythonPackages.python
                   pythonPackages.numpy