diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
index d89d4c58af3..059f63495d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/opkg/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, curl, gpgme, libarchive, bzip2, lzma, attr, acl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, curl, gpgme, libarchive, bzip2, lzma, attr, acl, libxml2
 , autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1pw7igmb4miyxl11sj9g8p8pgxg9nmn1h2hzi8b23v44hcmc1inj";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig curl gpgme libarchive bzip2 lzma attr acl
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig curl gpgme libarchive bzip2 lzma attr acl libxml2
     autoreconfHook ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {