diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
index 60e43f838b71..158707557a52 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   buildInputs = [
-    babl libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2 json_glib
+    libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2
     libraw libwebp gnome3.gexiv2
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib json_glib babl ]; # for gegl-3.0.pc
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool which autoreconfHook ];
 
   meta = {