diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 2443e64c5d..8cbed5dca8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ (define-public wayland
        ("dot" ,graphviz)
        ("doxygen" ,doxygen)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("python" ,python)
        ("xmlto" ,xmlto)
        ("xsltproc" ,libxslt)
        ,@(if (%current-target-system)