diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
index dbc15f11c3aa..a186f2993a46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lmdb/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     Cflags: -I$dev/include
     Libs: -L$out/lib -llmdb
     EOF
+
+    # Expected by Rust libraries.
+    ln -s lmdb.pc "$dev/lib/pkgconfig/liblmdb.pc"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
index a6137bdc2dd4..22ac0e96ea9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glean-sdk/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , glean-parser
 , iso8601
+, lmdb
+, pkg-config
 , pytest-localserver
 , pytestCheckHook
+, python
 , pythonOlder
 , rustc
 , rustPlatform
@@ -34,11 +37,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cargo
+    pkg-config
     rustc
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
     setuptools-rust
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    lmdb
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     cffi
     glean-parser
@@ -57,6 +65,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_flipping_upload_enabled_respects_order_of_events"
   ];
 
+  postInstallCheck = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.execFormat == lib.systems.parse.execFormats.elf) ''
+    readelf -a $out/${python.sitePackages}/glean/libglean_ffi.so | grep -F 'Shared library: [liblmdb.so'
+  '';
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "glean"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4cab148b9505..79f7feb94854 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4090,7 +4090,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   glean-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glean-parser { };
 
-  glean-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glean-sdk { };
+  glean-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glean-sdk {
+    inherit (pkgs) lmdb;
+  };
 
   glfw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glfw { };