diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
index 974779e473f..94c2e120883 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocurl/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0yn7f3g5wva8nqxh76adpq9rihggc405jkqysfghzwnf3yymyqrr";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ocaml findlib curl ncurses];
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml findlib ncurses ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ curl ];
   createFindlibDestdir = true;
   meta = {
     description = "OCaml bindings to libcurl";