diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-applets/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-applets/package.nix
index 8cb706941ea3..2ef3e827107d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-applets/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-applets/package.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     gettext
+    glib # glib-compile-resources
     itstool
     pkg-config
     libxml2