diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
index e8da21dba912..e6cc6af2b70c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/hyprwm/hyprland/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace "@DIRTY@" ""
   '';
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    # to find wayland-scanner when cross-compiling
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     jq
     makeWrapper