diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
index 51f5ed6091f..3ec898e0459 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/coccinelle/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildInputs = with ocamlPackages; [
-    ocaml findlib menhir
+    ocaml findlib menhir ocamlPackages.camlp4
     ocaml_pcre pycaml
     python ncurses pkgconfig
     makeWrapper