diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
index e52cb91ec4b..57e6ecf1749 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/jwm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXpm, libXft }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXpm, libXft, freetype,
+  fontconfig }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "jwm-2.0.1";
@@ -8,7 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
      sha256 = "1ix5y00cmg3cyazl0adzgv49140zxaf2dpngyg1dyy4ma6ysdmnw";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libXinerama libXpm libXft ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libXinerama libXpm libXft freetype 
+    fontconfig ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${freetype}/include/freetype2 "
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lXft -lfreetype -lfontconfig "
+  '';
 
   postInstall =
     ''