diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kservice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kservice/default.nix
index e6822dc2afbf..3ac4f4dc2688 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kservice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/kservice/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   mkDerivation, lib, copyPathsToStore,
   bison, extra-cmake-modules, flex,
   kconfig, kcoreaddons, kcrash, kdbusaddons, kdoctools, ki18n, kwindowsystem,
-  qtbase,
+  qtbase, shared_mime_info,
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ mkDerivation {
     kcrash kdbusaddons ki18n kwindowsystem qtbase
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ kconfig kcoreaddons ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ shared_mime_info ]; # for kbuildsycoca5
   patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
 }