diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
index 79bfef08bb5..7c8e76d676b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, bzip2, gfortran, libX11, libXmu, libXt
 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, ncurses, pango, pcre, perl, readline, tcl
 , texLive, tk, xz, zlib, less, texinfo, graphviz, icu, pkgconfig, bison
-, imake, which, jdk, openblas
+, imake, which, jdk, openblas, curl
 , withRecommendedPackages ? true
 }:
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ bzip2 gfortran libX11 libXmu libXt
     libXt libjpeg libpng libtiff ncurses pango pcre perl readline tcl
     texLive tk xz zlib less texinfo graphviz icu pkgconfig bison imake
-    which jdk openblas
+    which jdk openblas curl
   ];
 
   patches = [ ./no-usr-local-search-paths.patch