diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
index e5cce46bba8..b82ad4cd3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0zly25mwdn84s0wqx9mzyqi177mm828716nv1n6a4a5cm8yv0sh8";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib ncurses libX11];
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib ncurses libX11 shebangfix perl zip];
   configureFlags = "--with-screen=ncurses";
+  # small hacks to support zip
+  postUnpack = "
+    sed  -i 's=/usr/bin/==g' `find -type f`
+  ";
+  postInstall = "
+    find \$out -iname \"*.pl\" | xargs shebangfix;
+  ";
   meta = {
 	  description = "File Manager and User Shell for the GNU Project";
 	  homepage = http://www.ibiblio.org/mc;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b4f2b882f31..4665284a2a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   mc = import ../tools/misc/mc {
-     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig ncurses;
+     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig ncurses shebangfix perl zip;
      inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
      inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };