diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
index c72a4778f7de..448eb01f802a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/el-easydraw/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-CbcI1mmghc3HObg80bjScVDcJ1DHx9aX1WP2HlhAshs=";
   };
 
-  packageRequires = [ gzip ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gzip ];
 
   files = ''(:defaults "msg")'';