diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/fig2dev/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fig2dev/default.nix
index a1d414018f8..984d67f6ba7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/fig2dev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fig2dev/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   GSEXE="${ghostscript}/bin/gs";
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-transfig" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/fig2ps2tex \
         --set PATH ${lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils bc gnugrep gawk ]}