diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/default.nix
index 0770520ceee..850e6400073 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-{ pyqt4,
-  stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, cmake, automoc4, sip }:
+{ pyqt4, openssl_1_0_2
+, stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, cmake, automoc4, sip }:
 
 let
-  kdelibs = callPackage ./kdelibs.nix {};
+  kdelibs = callPackage ./kdelibs.nix {
+    openssl = openssl_1_0_2;
+  };
   sip4_19_3 = sip.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://sourceforge/pyqt/sip/sip-4.19.3/sip-4.19.3.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/kdelibs.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/kdelibs.nix
index c5e148d1500..073a2e624a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/kdelibs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pykde4/kdelibs.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   stdenv, fetchurl,
   automoc4, cmake_2_8, libxslt, perl, pkgconfig, shared-mime-info,
   attica, docbook_xml_dtd_42, docbook_xsl, giflib,
-  libdbusmenu_qt, libjpeg, phonon, qt4
+  libdbusmenu_qt, libjpeg, phonon, qt4, openssl
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     automoc4 cmake_2_8 libxslt perl pkgconfig shared-mime-info
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    attica giflib libdbusmenu_qt libjpeg
+    attica giflib libdbusmenu_qt libjpeg openssl
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt4 phonon ];