diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
index 0916028eaf16..b512e0df1a1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuv/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         "fs_event_watch_dir_recursive" "fs_event_watch_file"
         "fs_event_watch_file_current_dir" "fs_event_watch_file_exact_path"
         "process_priority" "udp_create_early_bad_bind"
+        "fs_event_watch_delete_dir"
     ] ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) [
         # fail on macos < 10.15 (starting in libuv 1.47.0)
         "fs_write_alotof_bufs_with_offset" "fs_write_multiple_bufs" "fs_read_bufs"