diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch/default.nix
index 789aada3929..4a457093f7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, emacs, gmime, talloc, xapian }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, emacs, glib, gmime, pkgconfig, talloc, xapian }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "notmuch-0.5";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "c7eeb95c89c5b9cb22cc0b90abce5f923c20c982d607bf32829c989e905ff1a9";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ emacs gmime talloc xapian ];
+  buildInputs = [ emacs glib gmime pkgconfig talloc xapian ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Notmuch -- The mail indexer";