diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 4ab142891c4..6802bd1d539 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ let
     RSclient = [ pkgs.openssl.dev ];
     Rserve = [ pkgs.openssl ];
     Rssa = [ pkgs.fftw.dev ];
-    rtfbs = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.pcre pkgs.bzip2 pkgs.gzip pkgs.readline ];
+    rtfbs = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.pcre.dev pkgs.bzip2 pkgs.gzip pkgs.readline ];
     rtiff = [ pkgs.libtiff ];
     runjags = [ pkgs.jags ];
     RVowpalWabbit = [ pkgs.zlib pkgs.boost ];