diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
index 34f6e4409a6d..9456ea3150a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub
-, gdk_pixbuf, glib, gtk3, pango, webkitgtk
+, gdk_pixbuf, glib, gobjectIntrospection, gtk3, pango, webkitgtk
 , pygobject3, pyyaml
 }:
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   # We have not packaged tests.
   doCheck = false;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gobjectIntrospection ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gdk_pixbuf glib gtk3 pango webkitgtk
     pygobject3 pyyaml