diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index e03403284f1..a37aa26cf7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchzip, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, pythonPackages, groff }:
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "awscli-${version}";
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     pythonPackages.docutils
     pythonPackages.rsa
     pythonPackages.pyasn1
+    groff
   ];
 
   meta = {