diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 4e80a6ed995..e7b5b966f93 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -2284,7 +2284,8 @@ information.")
            pkg-config
            python-wrapper))
     (inputs
-     (list bc
+     (list bash-minimal
+           bc
            dblatex
            docbook-xml-4.3
            docbook-xsl