diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
index 57ecebc7565..4f62d0963c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, libXaw, libXpm, Xaw3d
 , pkgconfig, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, libungif
-, libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls
+, libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsaLib, cairo, acl, gpm, AppKit, CoreWLAN, Kerberos, GSS, ImageIO
 , withX ? !stdenv.isDarwin
 , withGTK2 ? true, gtk2 ? null
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ lib.optionals srcRepo [ autoconf automake texinfo ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ ncurses gconf libxml2 gnutls alsaLib acl gpm gettext ]
+    [ ncurses gconf libxml2 gnutls alsaLib acl gpm gettext libselinux ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux dbus
     ++ lib.optionals withX
       [ xlibsWrapper libXaw Xaw3d libXpm libpng libjpeg libungif libtiff librsvg libXft