diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/opensc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/opensc/default.nix
index 37fec497c69..917c70f29a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/opensc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/opensc/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--with-xsl-stylesheetsdir=${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook"
+    "--with-pcsc-provider=${pcsclite}/lib/libpcsclite.so"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {