diff --git a/gnu/packages/sugar.scm b/gnu/packages/sugar.scm
index f78d6016be..26aed2b58e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sugar.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sugar.scm
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ (define-public sugar-datastore
                     (search-input-file outputs "bin/copy-to-journal")
                     (search-input-file outputs "bin/datastore-service"))))))))
     (inputs
-     (list python
+     (list bash-minimal
+           python
            sugar-toolkit-gtk3))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-dbus