diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
index 17ef7da85270..924696025cf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinput/default.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "dev"
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildOutputs = [ "out" ];
+
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "libinput";