diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/folks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/folks/default.nix
index 6179ea983e33c..042069a015c82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/folks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/folks/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     meson
     ninja
     pkgconfig
-    python3
+    (python3.withPackages (p: [p.python-dbusmock]))
     vala
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dbusmock/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dbusmock/default.nix
index 9cfc68dee4659..1efd42a70eb82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dbusmock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-dbusmock/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pygobject3 bluez bluez.test networkmanager
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dbus-python ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
     export PATH="$PATH:${bluez.test}/test";