diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
index 3b54936f9a8..329aea671a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ rec {
   };
 
   libgnomeprint = (import ./libgnomeprint) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2 perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig popt;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2 perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig popt
+         bison flex;
     inherit glib pango;
     libart = libart_lgpl;
     input = desktop.libgnomeprint;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/libgnomeprint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/libgnomeprint/default.nix
index ef4f94fe966..6a44c549f4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/libgnomeprint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/libgnomeprint/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{input, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlXMLParser, pkgconfig, glib, pango, libart, libxml2, popt}:
+{input, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, perlXMLParser, pkgconfig, glib, pango, libart, libxml2, popt, bison, flex}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (input) name src;
 
   buildInputs = [
     perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig popt libxml2
-    glib pango
+    glib pango bison flex
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [libxml2 libart];