diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index 0eb2d2609e..7d549d38e5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ as ASCII text.")
 	      ("libxrandr" ,libxrandr)
 	      ("libxxf86vm" ,libxxf86vm)
 	      ("inputproto" ,inputproto)
-	      ("xinput" ,xinput)
-	      ("glu" ,glu)))
+	      ("xinput" ,xinput)))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("glu" ,glu)))
     (home-page "http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/")
     (synopsis "Alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)")
     (description