diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
index b5d4db8b419..e7d1aa4bf92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, c-ares, pkgconfig, openssl, protobuf, gflags, abseil-cpp }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, c-ares, pkgconfig, openssl, protobuf
+, gflags, abseil-cpp, libnsl
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.32.0"; # N.B: if you change this, change pythonPackages.grpcio-tools to a matching version too
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib c-ares c-ares.cmake-config openssl protobuf gflags abseil-cpp ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib c-ares c-ares.cmake-config openssl protobuf gflags abseil-cpp libnsl ];
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [ "-DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package"