diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
index 55c95c95cf73..cefba7ff7747 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/default.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libwebp
     libheif
     python
+    # Duplicated here because python.withPackages does not expose the dev output with pkg-config files
+    python2.pkgs.pygtk
     libexif
     xorg.libXpm
     glib-networking