diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 9558dcc9f4acb403aa15a8de9150cc4f01e9a380..964e81bbac0068bf21e9940e8a20d3275b63b5fa 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -9332,10 +9332,11 @@ (define-public python-arrow
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)
-       ("python-dateutil" ,python-dateutil-2)
        ;; For testing
        ("python-chai" ,python-chai)
        ("python-simplejson" ,python-simplejson)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("python-dateutil" ,python-dateutil-2)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/crsmithdev/arrow/")
     (synopsis "Dates and times for Python")
     (description