diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xine-ui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xine-ui/default.nix
index 46ec878c46c..ce67a3d5083 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xine-ui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xine-ui/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, x11, xineLib, libpng}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, x11, xineLib, libpng}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "xine-ui-0.99.5";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "07jywadk6fhk3wn1j9m0cfa0zy0i17kz0nyyxwa3shvhznfals0k";
   };
   buildInputs = [
-    x11 xineLib libpng
+    pkgconfig x11 xineLib libpng
     (if xineLib.xineramaSupport then xineLib.libXinerama else null)
   ];
   configureFlags = "--without-readline --disable-xft";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 52687cb4267..171bab66c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3409,7 +3409,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   xineUI = import ../applications/video/xine-ui {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 xineLib libpng;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig x11 xineLib libpng;
   };
 
   xmms = import ../applications/audio/xmms {