diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
index 08d7c2b6ccf6..7beb813fa79e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/budgie-desktop/package.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   sassc,
   upower,
   vala,
+  validatePkgConfig,
   xfce,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
   zenity,
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ninja
     pkg-config
     vala
+    validatePkgConfig
     wrapGAppsHook3
   ];