diff --git a/gnu/packages/animation.scm b/gnu/packages/animation.scm
index 869f0d2c00..2d533fca8b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/animation.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/animation.scm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages animation)
   #:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
   #:use-module (gnu packages assembly)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ (define-public synfigstudio
                 (wrap-program (string-append #$output "/bin/synfigstudio")
                   `("XDG_DATA_DIRS" ":" prefix (,gtk-share)))))))))
     (inputs
-     (list gtkmm-3 gtk+ libsigc++ synfig))
+     (list bash-minimal gtkmm-3 gtk+ libsigc++ synfig))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config intltool))
     (home-page "https://www.synfig.org")
@@ -410,7 +411,8 @@ (define-public papagayo
                            qt)))
                  #t))))))
       (inputs
-       `(("qt" ,qtbase-5)
+       `(("bash" ,bash-minimal)
+         ("qt" ,qtbase-5)
          ("qtmultimedia-5" ,qtmultimedia-5)
          ("libsndfile" ,libsndfile)))
       (native-inputs
@@ -440,7 +442,7 @@ (define-public pencil2d
                 "0b1nwiwyg01087q318vymg4si76dw41ykxbn2zwd6dqbxzbpr1dh"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
-     (list qtbase-5 qtxmlpatterns qtmultimedia-5 qtsvg-5))
+     (list bash-minimal qtbase-5 qtxmlpatterns qtmultimedia-5 qtsvg-5))
     (arguments
      (list
       #:phases