diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
index 04dd87a025e..224f7152bef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-static-daq --enable-control-socket --with-daq-includes=${daq}/includes --with-daq-libraries=${daq}/lib";
+  configureFlags = "--disable-static-daq --enable-control-socket --with-daq-includes=${daq}/includes --with-daq-libraries=${daq}/lib \
+    --dynamic-preprocessor-lib-dir $out/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/ --dynamic-engine-lib-dir $out/lib/snort_dynamicengine";
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/snort --add-flags "--daq-dir ${daq}/lib/daq"