diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
index 8676ce31c66..7c889d89303 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 , udev ? null
 , varnish ? null
 , yajl ? null
+, net_snmp ? null
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.5.1";
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkgconfig curl iptables libatasmart libcredis libdbi libgcrypt libmemcached
     cyrus_sasl libmodbus libnotify gdk_pixbuf liboping libpcap libsigrok libvirt
     lm_sensors libxml2 lvm2 libmysql postgresql protobufc rabbitmq-c rrdtool
-    varnish yajl jdk libtool python udev
+    varnish yajl jdk libtool python udev net_snmp
   ];
 
   # for some reason libsigrok isn't auto-detected