diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/yaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/yaml/default.nix
index 52066e9d2bfe..aa825107715d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/yaml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/yaml/default.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ buildPecl {
   version = "2.2.3";
   sha256 = "sha256-WTfrlyLd9tZGJnmc+gJFmP8kUuoVeZLk5nMxolP5AjY=";
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-yaml=${libyaml}" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-yaml=${libyaml.dev}" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config libyaml ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "YAML-1.1 parser and emitter";