diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index 662f511762773ebe8f5cd7df9e4df757cbaa1f65..0a42c0d4c13b6ae48e99623d0d0d4a21c6ab139b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ (define dbus
                      (mkdir (string-append out "/etc/dbus-1/system.d"))
                      #t))
                  %standard-phases)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs
      `(("expat" ,expat)
-       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
 
        ;; Add a dependency on libx11 so that 'dbus-launch' has support for
        ;; '--autolaunch'.