diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
index edbe3ed9717340c..1cde4daf8c51053 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/wrapper.nix
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ runCommand
     # Store all paths we want to add to emacs here, so that we only need to add
     # one path to the load lists
     deps = runCommand "emacs-packages-deps"
-      {
+      ({
         inherit explicitRequires lndir emacs;
         nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional nativeComp gcc;
-      }
+      } // lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
+        inherit (emacs) LIBRARY_PATH;
+      })
       ''
         findInputsOld() {
           local pkg="$1"; shift