diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index 9a4d29f09b3..0f8526e5a6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
  */
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, gtkspell, aspell,
   GStreamer, startupnotification, gettext,
-  perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, openssl, nss,
+  perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, nss,
   libXScrnSaver, ncurses, avahi, dbus, dbus_glib
+  , lib
+  , openssl ? null
+  , gnutls ? null
 } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -27,10 +30,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [
     gtkspell aspell
     GStreamer startupnotification
-    libxml2 openssl nss
+    libxml2] 
+  ++ (lib.optional (openssl != null) openssl)
+  ++ (lib.optional (gnutls != null) gnutls)
+  ++
+  [nss
     libXScrnSaver ncurses
     avahi dbus dbus_glib
-  ];
+  ]
+  ;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pkgconfig gtk perl perlXMLParser gettext
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9e1e4d373f..52e19255cb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6576,8 +6576,10 @@ let
   };
 
   pidgin = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 openssl nss
-      gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 nss
+      gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib lib;
+    openssl = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "openssl"] true) then openssl else null;
+    gnutls = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "gnutls"] false) then gnutls else null;
     GStreamer = gst_all.gstreamer;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
     inherit (gnome) startupnotification;