diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/builder.sh
index 284f41ff992..1ebaa047ba2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 . $stdenv/setup
 
-configureFlags="--with-ssl=$openssl $configureFlags"
-#export CFLAGS="-I$ncurses/include/ncurses"
+configureFlags="--with-ssl=$openssl --with-gc=$boehmgc $configureFlags"
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
index bc26e938371..fba8155ab57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/w3m/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/w3m/w3m-0.5.1.tar.gz;
     md5 = "0678b72e07e69c41709d71ef0fe5da13";
   };
-  inherit ncurses openssl;
+  inherit openssl boehmgc;
   buildInputs = [ncurses (if sslSupport then openssl else null) boehmgc gettext];
 }