diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
index 9639ff19fb0..f62267c10d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fetchmail/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches = [ ./security-fix.patch ];
 
+  configureFlags = "--enable-fallback=procmail --with-ssl=${openssl}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl python procmail ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.fetchmail.info;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac8bbbc1041..8bdc5ce2efa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4087,7 +4087,7 @@ rec {
   fbpanel = fbpanelFun {version="4.12";} null;
 
   fetchmail = import ../applications/misc/fetchmail {
-    inherit stdenv fetchurl;
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl openssl python procmail;
   };
 
   wireshark = import ../applications/networking/sniffers/wireshark {