diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index ecae47b3d2d..a7b8f0d44bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    (meson.override {
+    (buildPackages.meson.override {
       withDarwinFrameworksGtkDocPatch = stdenv.isDarwin;
     })
     ninja pkg-config perl python3 gettext gtk-doc docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 libxml2