diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/love/11.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/love/11.nix
index 785db5e9939c..981deff03127 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/love/11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/love/11.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   autoconf,
   automake,
   libtool,
+  xorg,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
+    xorg.libX11 # SDl2 optional depend, for SDL_syswm.h
     libGLU
     libGL
     openal