diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
index ce5bfe6f7d6..ce9dc42554e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/melpa-stable-packages.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ let
   mkPackage = self: name: recipe:
     let drv =
           { melpaBuild, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchcvs, fetchFromGitHub, fetchFromGitLab
-          , fetchgit, fetchhg }:
+          , fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchsvn }:
           let
             unknownFetcher =
               abort "emacs-${name}: unknown fetcher '${recipe.fetch.tag}'";
             fetch =
               {
-                inherit fetchurl fetchcvs fetchFromGitHub fetchFromGitLab fetchgit fetchhg;
+                inherit fetchurl fetchcvs fetchFromGitHub fetchFromGitLab fetchgit fetchhg
+                        fetchsvn;
               }."${recipe.fetch.tag}"
               or unknownFetcher;
             args = builtins.removeAttrs recipe.fetch [ "tag" ];