diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index 23b3183e8245c1389c82d83843a288dd5b071a4b..eae8abaad2c2f33a196e0ecc390144987f06eda1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ (define-public plotutils
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("libpng" ,libpng)
               ("libx11" ,libx11)
-              ("libxt" ,libxt)
-              ("libxaw" ,libxaw)))
+              ("libxt" ,libxt)))
+
+    ;; libplot.la has '-lXaw'.
+    (propagated-inputs `(("libxaw" ,libxaw)))
+
     (home-page
      "http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/")
     (synopsis "Plotting utilities and library")