diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix
index e6e762493883..defe6eb2df1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig libusb1 ];
 
-  # Building with -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON tries to install udev rules to
-  # /etc/udev/rules.d/, and there is no option to install elsewhere. So install
-  # rules manually.
+  # TODO: get these fixes upstream:
+  # * Building with -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON tries to install udev rules to
+  #   /etc/udev/rules.d/, and there is no option to install elsewhere. So install
+  #   rules manually.
+  # * Propagate libusb-1.0 dependency in pkg-config file.
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/"
     cp ../rtl-sdr.rules "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/99-rtl-sdr.rules"
+
+    pcfile="$out"/lib/pkgconfig/librtlsdr.pc
+    grep -q "Requires:" "$pcfile" && { echo "Upstream has added 'Requires:' in $(basename "$pcfile"); update nix expression."; exit 1; }
+    echo "Requires: libusb-1.0" >> "$pcfile"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {