diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
index e9e6587179a..15e5a5089d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, gtk2, gtkmm }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "nitrogen-1.5.2";
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "60a2437ce6a6c0ba44505fc8066c1973140d4bb48e1e5649f525c7b0b8bf9fd2";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ glib gtk2 gtkmm pkgconfig ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
+
+  patches = [ ./nitrogen-env-bash.patch ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "A background browser and setter for X windows";
     homepage = http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ede5259f1ba..f8f56151282 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1609,6 +1609,8 @@ let
 
   nilfs_utils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils {};
 
+  nitrogen = callPackage ../tools/X11/nitrogen {};
+
   nlopt = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlopt {};
 
   npapi_sdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/npapi-sdk {};