diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/tomahawk/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/tomahawk/default.nix
index 228940cb192..fec93f0183d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/tomahawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/tomahawk/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, attica, boost, gnutls, libechonest
-, liblastfm, lucenepp, phonon, qca2, qjson, qt4, qtkeychain, quazip, sparsehash
-, taglib, websocketpp
+, liblastfm, lucenepp, phonon, phonon_backend_vlc, qca2, qjson, qt4, qtkeychain
+, quazip, sparsehash, taglib, websocketpp
 
 , enableXMPP      ? true,  libjreen     ? null
 , enableKDE       ? false, kdelibs      ? null
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableKDE       kdelibs
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableTelepathy telepathy_qt;
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ phonon_backend_vlc ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {