diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
index 22b2ffac6d..d7f52b08f4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
@@ -2311,7 +2311,9 @@ is no support for parsing block and inline level HTML.")
                          (string-append "(test-skip 4)\n" all)))
                       #t)))))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-                     ("tzdata" ,tzdata-for-tests)))
+                     ("tzdata" ,tzdata-for-tests)
+                     ("guile-native"              ;for 'guild compile'
+                      ,@(assoc-ref (package-inputs this-package) "guile"))))
     (inputs `(("guile" ,guile-3.0)))
     (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/")
     (synopsis "Run jobs at scheduled times")