diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/efivar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/efivar/default.nix
index b4da2044f69..4cfdf861b2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/efivar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/efivar/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, popt }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, popt, linuxHeaders }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "efivar-${version}";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ popt ];
+  buildInputs = [ popt linuxHeaders ];
 
   postPatch = ''
      substituteInPlace src/Makefile --replace "-static" ""
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45df8ecfcfa..2a8b856a492 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1398,7 +1398,9 @@ in
 
   efibootmgr = callPackage ../tools/system/efibootmgr { };
 
-  efivar = callPackage ../tools/system/efivar { };
+  efivar = callPackage ../tools/system/efivar {
+    linuxHeaders = linuxHeaders_3_18;
+  };
 
   evemu = callPackage ../tools/system/evemu { };