diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/legacy/gst-plugins-good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/legacy/gst-plugins-good/default.nix
index a0cd0a4c646..c3d2d7016da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/legacy/gst-plugins-good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/legacy/gst-plugins-good/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 , flac, libjpeg, zlib, speex, libpng, libdv, libcaca, libvpx
 , libiec61883, libavc1394, taglib, pulseaudio, gdk_pixbuf, orc
 , glib, gstreamer, bzip2
+, # Whether to build no plugins that have external dependencies
+  # (except the PulseAudio plugin).
+  minimalDeps ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -20,10 +23,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = "--disable-oss";
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig glib gstreamer gst_plugins_base libavc1394 libiec61883
-      aalib libcaca cairo libdv flac libjpeg libpng pulseaudio speex
-      taglib bzip2 libvpx gdk_pixbuf orc
-    ];
+    [ pkgconfig glib gstreamer gst_plugins_base pulseaudio ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!minimalDeps)
+      [ aalib libcaca cairo libdv flac libjpeg libpng speex
+        taglib bzip2 libvpx gdk_pixbuf orc ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;