diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spice-vdagent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spice-vdagent/default.nix
index add5f96e7f5..7a43a8b8800 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spice-vdagent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/spice-vdagent/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, alsaLib, spice_protocol, glib,
- libpciaccess, libxcb, libXrandr, libXinerama, libXfixes}:
+ libpciaccess, libxcb, libXrandr, libXinerama, libXfixes, dbus}:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "spice-vdagent-0.16.0";
+  name = "spice-vdagent-0.17.0";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0z8gwc5va2i64mjippavmxajdb9az83ffqyhlbynm6dxw131d5av";
+    sha256 = "0gdkyylyg1hksg0i0anvznqfli2q39335fnrmcd6847frpc8njpi";
   };
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace data/spice-vdagent.desktop --replace /usr $out
   '';
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig alsaLib spice_protocol glib
-                  libpciaccess libxcb libXrandr libXinerama libXfixes ] ;
+                  libpciaccess libxcb libXrandr libXinerama libXfixes
+                  dbus ] ;
   meta = {
     description = "Enhanced SPICE integration for linux QEMU guest";
     longDescription = ''