diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/eliom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/eliom/default.nix
index f3c9f4cecef..d7b0bbd3d48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/eliom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/eliom/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   js_of_ocaml, ocaml_react, ocaml_lwt, calendar, cryptokit, tyxml,
   ipaddr, ocamlnet, ocaml_ssl, ocaml_pcre, ocaml_optcomp,
   reactivedata, opam, ppx_tools, ppx_deriving, findlib
+, ocamlbuild
 }:
 
 assert stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.02";
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec
 
   patches = [ ./camlp4.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ocaml which findlib ocaml_optcomp opam ppx_tools ];
+  buildInputs = [ ocaml which findlib ocamlbuild ocaml_optcomp opam ppx_tools ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ocaml_lwt reactivedata tyxml ipaddr ocsigen_server ppx_deriving
                             ocsigen_deriving js_of_ocaml