diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index 930132bb071a..c87acfee43a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ in
 
   libXrender = attrs: attrs // {
     outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ xorg.renderproto ];
     preConfigure = setMalloc0ReturnsNullCrossCompiling;
   };