diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmobar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmobar/default.nix
index 7c7fa4c88cc..ca7178fa13b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmobar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmobar/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{cabal, X11, mtl, parsec, stm}:
+{cabal, X11, mtl, parsec, stm, utf8String, X11_xft}:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
   pname = "xmobar";
   name = "${self.fname}";
   version = "0.9.2";
   sha256 = "361295f5dc912512a2eb644ecd331562a271243192be6215cb071e44f50c7c66";
-  extraBuildInputs = [X11 mtl parsec stm];
+  extraBuildInputs = [X11 mtl parsec stm utf8String X11_xft];
   meta = {
     description = "xmobar is a minimalistic text based status bar";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 6d281c96ff6..a9bb0ce27a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ rec {
   };
   
   xmobar = import ../applications/misc/xmobar {
-    inherit cabal X11 mtl parsec stm;
+    inherit cabal X11 mtl parsec stm utf8String X11_xft;
   };
 
   xmonad = import ../applications/window-managers/xmonad {