diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
index 383a684a3158..541491fb5b7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ final: prev: {
 
   graphite-cli = prev."@withgraphite/graphite-cli".override {
     name = "graphite-cli";
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.installShellFiles ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ installShellFiles pkg-config ];
+    buildInputs = with pkgs; [ cairo pango pixman ];
     # 'gt completion' auto-detects zshell from environment variables:
     # https://github.com/yargs/yargs/blob/2b6ba3139396b2e623aed404293f467f16590039/lib/completion.ts#L45
     postInstall = ''