diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
index f3b5b7eb291..c1031d197d2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -18799,6 +18799,7 @@ graphics.")
     (build-system r-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list r-igraph r-matrix r-rtsne r-slam))
+    (native-inputs (list r-runit))
     (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/BiRewire.html")
     (synopsis "Tools for randomization of bipartite graphs")
     (description