diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
index 875b6508d6f0..07671ddebddc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs doc/doxygen/gen-doxygen.py
   '';
 
-  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optionals withDocumentation [ "doc" "man" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "bin" "dev" ] ++ lib.optionals withDocumentation [ "doc" "man" ];
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
index a21179e20259..50ccd3608d8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlroots/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland
-, libGL, wayland-protocols, libinput, libxkbcommon, pixman
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkg-config, wayland-scanner
+, libGL, wayland, wayland-protocols, libinput, libxkbcommon, pixman
 , xcbutilwm, libX11, libcap, xcbutilimage, xcbutilerrors, mesa
 , libpng, ffmpeg
 }:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # $out for the library and $examples for the example programs (in examples):
   outputs = [ "out" "examples" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config wayland ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config wayland-scanner ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     libGL wayland wayland-protocols libinput libxkbcommon pixman
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 88965c6c3358..159fef5a6cf3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17687,6 +17687,7 @@ in
   wavpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/wavpack { };
 
   wayland = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland { };
+  wayland-scanner = wayland.bin;
 
   wayland-protocols = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix { };