diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 1e5d451065..14e35d19ae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -3994,7 +3994,10 @@ (define-public xkeyboard-config
     (inputs
       (list libx11 xkbcomp-intermediate))
     (native-inputs
-      (list gettext-minimal libxslt perl pkg-config python))
+      `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)
+        ("perl" ,perl)
+        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+        ("python" ,python)))
     (home-page "https://www.x.org/wiki/")
     (synopsis "Xorg XKB configuration files")
     (description