diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
index 3e49c73e853..143704126f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/oprofile/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, makeWrapper, gawk, which, gnugrep
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, binutils, popt, makeWrapper, gawk, which, gnugrep, zlib
 , qt ? null, libX11 ? null, libXext ? null, libpng ? null }:
 
 # libX11 is needed because the Qt build stuff automatically adds `-lX11'.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
             s|^PATH=.*$||g"
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ binutils popt makeWrapper gawk which gnugrep ]
+  buildInputs = [ binutils zlib popt makeWrapper gawk which gnugrep ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (qt != null) [ qt libX11 libXext libpng ];
 
   configureFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7e939ff939..1e0c9e1353f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ let
   openocd = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/openocd { };
 
   oprofile = import ../development/tools/profiling/oprofile {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv binutils popt makeWrapper gawk which gnugrep;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv binutils popt makeWrapper gawk which gnugrep zlib;
 
     # Optional build inputs for the (useless) GUI.
     /*