diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
index 881f5339bdf..f7b8a511bc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/goldendict/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, libXtst, libvorbis, phonon, hunspell }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, qt4, libXtst, libvorbis, phonon, hunspell }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "goldendict-1.0.1";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/goldendict/${name}-src.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "19p99dd5jgs0k66sy30vck7ymqj6dv1lh6w8xw18zczdll2h9yxk";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 libXtst libvorbis phonon hunspell ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig qt4 libXtst libvorbis phonon hunspell ];
   unpackPhase = ''
     mkdir ${name}-src
     cd ${name}-src