diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/binwalk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/binwalk/default.nix
index d31113b9214..0970cc18249 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/binwalk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/binwalk/default.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@
 , cramfsprogs
 , cramfsswap
 , lzma
+, matplotlib
 , nose
 , pycrypto
 , pyqtgraph ? null }:
 
 let
-  visualizationSupport = (pyqtgraph != null);
+  visualizationSupport = (pyqtgraph != null) && (matplotlib != null);
   version = "2.2.0";
 in
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib xz ncompress gzip bzip2 gnutar p7zip cabextract cramfsswap cramfsprogs lzma pycrypto ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional visualizationSupport pyqtgraph;
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals visualizationSupport [ matplotlib pyqtgraph ];
 
   # setup.py only installs version.py during install, not test
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4ac616e62eb..2ea10df4a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2050,10 +2050,12 @@ in {
 
   binwalk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/binwalk {
     pyqtgraph = null;
+    matplotlib = null;
   };
 
   binwalk-full = appendToName "full" (self.binwalk.override {
     pyqtgraph = self.pyqtgraph;
+    matplotlib = self.matplotlib;
   });
 
   bitmath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitmath { };