diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-lzma/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-lzma/package.nix
index d9be1253acb6..66dddeb88ff7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-lzma/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-lzma/package.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     guile
     pkg-config
-    scheme-bytestructures
   ];
   buildInputs = [ guile ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ xz ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ scheme-bytestructures ];
 
   doCheck = true;