diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index d3a0c86daf4..f54f21ef8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # package customization
 , enableSELinux ? false, libselinux ? null
 , enableNaCl ? false
+, enableHotwording ? false
 , useOpenSSL ? false, nss ? null, openssl ? null
 , gnomeSupport ? false, gnome ? null
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false, libgnome_keyring3 ? null
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ let
       use_pulseaudio = pulseSupport;
       linux_link_pulseaudio = pulseSupport;
       disable_nacl = !enableNaCl;
+      enable_hotwording = enableHotwording;
       use_openssl = useOpenSSL;
       selinux = enableSELinux;
       use_cups = cupsSupport;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index 85b2e9b8051..a69b44c637a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , channel ? "stable"
 , enableSELinux ? false
 , enableNaCl ? false
+, enableHotwording ? false
 , useOpenSSL ? false
 , gnomeSupport ? false
 , gnomeKeyringSupport ? false
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ let
     };
 
     mkChromiumDerivation = callPackage ./common.nix {
-      inherit enableSELinux enableNaCl useOpenSSL gnomeSupport
-              gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport
-              pulseSupport hiDPISupport;
+      inherit enableSELinux enableNaCl enableHotwording useOpenSSL gnomeSupport
+              gnomeKeyringSupport proprietaryCodecs cupsSupport pulseSupport
+              hiDPISupport;
     };
 
     browser = callPackage ./browser.nix { };