diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
index ab13e0ba7dc3..26fd3850190b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/2.10.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ckyz31gmf2pgdl51h1raa669mkl7sqfdl3vqkrmyc46w5ysz3ci";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ jre makeWrapper ] ;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jre ] ;
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ;
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
index 289c63f7bcf9..ec80317c7777 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1l16571fw5l339wd02w2pnr3556j804zpbsbymnad67f2dpikr7z";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ jre makeWrapper ] ;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jre ] ;
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ;
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out