diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
index 5759aa46d13f..7f7e000d16ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gd/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
 , pkgconfig
 , zlib
-, libjpeg
 , libpng
-, libwebp
+, libjpeg ? null
+, libwebp ? null
 , libtiff ? null
 , libXpm ? null
 , fontconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib fontconfig freetype libjpeg libpng libwebp libtiff libXpm ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib fontconfig freetype ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libpng libjpeg libwebp libtiff libXpm ];
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" "bin" ];