diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
index 46324f912c5..25c5e826648 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lesspipe/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, file }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "lesspipe-${version}";