diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/default.nix
index 290580e5212..5cfd0d178eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, tcl, x11 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, tcl, x11, libX11 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "tk-8.5.7";
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   preConfigure = "cd unix";
 
-  buildInputs = [tcl x11];
+  buildInputs = [ tcl x11 libX11 ];
   
   inherit tcl;
 
   passthru = {
     libPrefix = "tk8.5";
   };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A widget toolkit that provides a library of basic elements for building a GUI in many different programming languages";
+    homepage = http://www.tcl.tk/;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ eelco lovek323 ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 543e28c08d2..e0318190777 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5376,7 +5376,9 @@ let
 
   tinyxml2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix { };
 
-  tk = callPackage ../development/libraries/tk { };
+  tk = callPackage ../development/libraries/tk {
+    libX11 = xlibs.libX11;
+  };
 
   tnt = callPackage ../development/libraries/tnt { };