diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
index 5e0dcf6ce03..60fe817880b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/3.x.nix
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     for f in $dev/bin/gtk-encode-symbolic-svg; do
       wrapProgram $f --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${shared-mime-info}/share"
     done
+  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+    GTK_PATH="''${out:?}/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/" ''${dev:?}/bin/gtk-query-immodules-3.0 > "''${out:?}/lib/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache"
   '';
 
   # Wrap demos