diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/custom.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/custom.nix
index 2c9f0bbe973..a84718e7b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/custom.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/custom.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , docbook5_xsl ? null, libxslt ? null
 , docbook5 ? null, docbook_xml_dtd_43 ? null 
 , boehmgc ? null
+, pkgconfig ? null
 , configureFlags ? []
 , lib
 , enableScripts ? []
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   	++ (if w3m != null then [w3m] else [])
   	++ (if libxml2 != null then [libxml2] else [])
   	++ (if boehmgc != null then [boehmgc] else [])
+  	++ (if pkgconfig != null then [pkgconfig] else [])
   ;
 
   preConfigure = 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 779369cee78..7749d816c55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7022,7 +7022,8 @@ let
   nixCustomFun = src: preConfigure: enableScripts: configureFlags:
     import ../tools/package-management/nix/custom.nix {
       inherit fetchurl stdenv perl curl bzip2 openssl src preConfigure automake
-        autoconf libtool configureFlags enableScripts lib bison libxml2 boehmgc;
+        autoconf libtool configureFlags enableScripts lib bison libxml2 boehmgc
+	pkgconfig;
       flex = flex2533;
       aterm = aterm25;
       db4 = db45;