diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
index 1b4ec15a1b93..239cbd16be0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xdg-desktop-portal/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     docutils # for rst2man
+    glib
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
@@ -169,6 +170,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     export LD_PRELOAD=${lib.getLib umockdev}/lib/libumockdev-preload.so
   '';
 
+  # We can't disable the installedTests output when doCheck is disabled,
+  # because that produces an infinite recursion.
+  preFixup = lib.optionalString (!finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck) ''
+    mkdir $installedTests
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       installedTests = nixosTests.installed-tests.xdg-desktop-portal;