diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 0b2325bc44..b66456dc6e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -4628,6 +4628,11 @@ (define-public json-glib
        ("gtk-doc" ,gtk-doc)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("xsltproc" ,libxslt)))
+    (inputs
+     ;; TODO(core-updates): Make this input unconditional.
+     (if (%current-target-system)
+         `(("bash-minimal" ,bash-minimal))
+         '()))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("glib" ,glib)))                 ;according to json-glib-1.0.pc
     (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/JsonGlib")