diff --git a/gnu/packages/dns.scm b/gnu/packages/dns.scm
index c5a6c98cb9..a27b670d8c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dns.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dns.scm
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ (define-public knot-resolver
     (inputs
      `(("fstrm" ,fstrm)
        ("gnutls" ,gnutls)
-       ("knot" ,knot)
+       ("knot:lib" ,knot "lib")
        ("libuv" ,libuv)
        ("lmdb" ,lmdb)
        ("luajit" ,luajit)