diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
index 5f3d42b4da37..40fe1c42d7a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/SDL2/default.nix
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace include/SDL_opengl_glext.h \
       --replace "typedef ptrdiff_t GLsizeiptr;" "typedef signed long int khronos_ssize_t; typedef khronos_ssize_t GLsizeiptr;" \
       --replace "typedef ptrdiff_t GLintptr;" "typedef signed long int khronos_intptr_t; typedef khronos_intptr_t GLintptr;"
+
+    substituteInPlace configure \
+      --replace 'WAYLAND_SCANNER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=wayland_scanner wayland-scanner`' 'WAYLAND_SCANNER=`pkg-config --variable=wayland_scanner wayland-scanner`'
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  depsBuildBuild = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wayland ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = dlopenPropagatedBuildInputs;