diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index c1eaaf1aab..ff30fbd86f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ (define-public global                             ; a global variable
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("libltdl" ,libltdl)
-              ("sqlite" ,sqlite)))
+              ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
+              ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper)))
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
        (list (string-append "--with-ncurses="