diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/gamescope/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/gamescope/default.nix
index cd8c6e6806ed..319cc81fe9bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/gamescope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/gamescope/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , vulkan-loader
 , vulkan-headers
 , wayland
+, wayland-scanner
 , wayland-protocols
 , libxkbcommon
 , libcap
@@ -79,10 +80,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     })
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     pkg-config
     ninja
+    wayland-scanner
+    glslang
     makeBinaryWrapper
   ];
 
@@ -100,7 +109,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     libliftoff
     vulkan-loader
     vulkan-headers
-    glslang
     SDL2
     wayland
     wayland-protocols