diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
index 4c1debd66865..48cfb8f805dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-shell/package.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
   libxkbcommon,
   libsoup_3,
   libxml2,
+  webkitgtk_6_0,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # not declared at build time, but typelib is needed at runtime
     libgweather
     libnma-gtk4
+    webkitgtk_6_0 # for gnome-shell-portal-helper
 
     # for gnome-extension tool
     bash-completion