diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/emboss/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/emboss/default.nix
index 33182027655..2110a9bcfab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/emboss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/emboss/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, readline, perl, libX11, libpng, libXt, zlib}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, readline, perl, libharu, libX11, libpng, libXt, zlib}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "emboss-6.6.0";
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = "ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/EMBOSS-6.6.0.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "7184a763d39ad96bb598bfd531628a34aa53e474db9e7cac4416c2a40ab10c6e";
   };
-  # patch = fetchurl {
-  #   url = ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/fixes/patches/patch-1-9.gz;
-  #   sha256 = "1pfn5zdxrr71c3kwpdkzmmsqvdwkmynkvcr707vqh73h9cjhk3c1";
-  # };
 
-  buildInputs = [readline perl libpng libX11 libXt zlib];
+  buildInputs = [ readline perl libharu libpng libX11 libXt zlib ];
 
-  # preConfigure = ''
-  #   gzip -d $patch | patch -p1
-  # '';
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-hpdf=${libharu}" "--with-pngdriver=${zlib}" ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    sed -i 's@$(bindir)/embossupdate@true@' Makefile
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description     = "The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite";