diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
index 329754ab5f5..930cd67bb13 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pam }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "screen-4.0.3";
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    configureFlags="--enable-telnet --infodir=$out/share/info --mandir=$out/share/man"
+    configureFlags="--enable-telnet --enable-pam --infodir=$out/share/info --mandir=$out/share/man"
     sed -i -e "s|/usr/local|/non-existent|g" -e "s|/usr|/non-existent|g" configure Makefile.in */Makefile.in
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses pam ];
 
   doCheck = true;