diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index 439b687dace..6bb3431668f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, readline, ncurses, perl, flex, texinfo, qhull,
-libX11, graphicsmagick, pcre, liblapack, texLive, pkgconfig }:
+libX11, graphicsmagick, pcre, liblapack, texLive, pkgconfig, mesa, fltk,
+fftw, fftwSinglePrec, zlib, curl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "octave-3.4.3";
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gfortran readline ncurses perl flex texinfo qhull libX11
-    graphicsmagick pcre liblapack texLive pkgconfig ];
+    graphicsmagick pcre liblapack texLive pkgconfig mesa fltk zlib curl
+    fftw fftwSinglePrec ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6952e7f54b..36cffb34b88 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2664,7 +2664,9 @@ let
 
   maude = callPackage ../development/interpreters/maude { };
 
-  octave = callPackage ../development/interpreters/octave { };
+  octave = callPackage ../development/interpreters/octave {
+    fltk = fltk13;
+  };
 
   # mercurial (hg) bleeding edge version
   octaveHG = callPackage ../development/interpreters/octave/hg.nix { };