diff --git a/rekahsoft-gnu/packages/spice.scm b/rekahsoft-gnu/packages/spice.scm
index 4914cab..299a620 100644
--- a/rekahsoft-gnu/packages/spice.scm
+++ b/rekahsoft-gnu/packages/spice.scm
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
            libxml2
            spice-gtk))
     (native-inputs
-     (list glib:bin
-           intltool
-           pkg-config))
+     `(("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:meson ,meson-0.59))