diff --git a/gnu/packages/gl.scm b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
index 65b9fbc666d..796f7f02112 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gl.scm
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ Polygon meshes, and Extruded polygon meshes")
     (propagated-inputs
       `(("glproto" ,glproto)
         ("libdrm" ,libdrm-2.4.33)
+        ("libx11" ,libx11)
         ("libxdamage" ,libxdamage)
         ("libxxf86vm" ,libxxf86vm)))
     (inputs
       `(("dri2proto" ,dri2proto)
         ("expat" ,expat)
-        ("libx11" ,libx11)
         ("libxfixes" ,libxfixes)
         ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
         ("makedepend" ,makedepend)))