diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
index dce79c0f4c7..86e6873f4b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 , sslSupport ? true
 , imapSupport ? true
 , headerCache ? true
+, saslSupport ? true
 , gdbm ? null
 , openssl ? null
+, cyrus_sasl ? null
 }:
 
 assert headerCache -> gdbm != null;
 assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
+assert saslSupport -> cyrus_sasl != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "mutt-1.5.20";
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ncurses which perl
     (if headerCache then gdbm else null)
     (if sslSupport then openssl else null)
+    (if saslSupport then cyrus_sasl else null)
   ];
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-mailpath=" "--enable-smtp"
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     (if headerCache then "--enable-hcache" else "--disable-hcache")
     (if sslSupport then "--with-ssl" else "--without-ssl")
     (if imapSupport then "--enable-imap" else "--disable-imap")
+    (if saslSupport then "--with-sasl" else "--without-imap")
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0c7797cbd5..c29db9220e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7798,7 +7798,7 @@ let
   };
 
   mutt = import ../applications/networking/mailreaders/mutt {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses which openssl gdbm perl;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses which openssl gdbm perl cyrus_sasl;
   };
 
   msmtp = import ../applications/networking/msmtp {