diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
index 93b53c3ad4a..09b5b5f58ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/pgpdump/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, supportCompressedPackets ? true, zlib, bzip2
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pgpdump-${version}";
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ip7q5sgh3nwdqbrzpp6sllkls5kma98kns53yspw1830xi1n8xc";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals supportCompressedPackets [ zlib bzip2 ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A PGP packet visualizer";
     longDescription = ''