diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
index b6f8260bc194..bf9927c93072 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvdpau/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xlibs }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libX11 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libvdpau-0.4.1";
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16zmmbawfnvrxjqvgfwxjfd1wh3vyz2cmvxza6cgf4j9qs36y6q6";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig xlibs.libX11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libX11 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/vdpau/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 44be1484d8cb..5d09c6b6c447 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4238,7 +4238,7 @@ let
 
   libva = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva { };
 
-  libvdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau { };
+  libvdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau { inherit (xlibs) libX11; };
 
   libvirt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvirt { };