diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index a8c311f98c02..b643d88a3a9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 		sha256 = "03kn1ia4s7l24zl2sfbrns6fs3nc9cw2pzsqx8y7wwr80b1nfxhz";
 	};
 
-  buildInputs = [ncurses readline libtool gmp];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [readline libtool gmp];
 }