diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pkg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pkg/default.nix
index 9ae44d0435a..5a67e00363b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/pkg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/pkg/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, m4, pkg-config, tcl
-, bzip2, libarchive, libbsd, xz, openssl, zlib
+, bzip2, elfutils, libarchive, libbsd, xz, openssl, zlib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 pkg-config tcl ];
-  buildInputs = [ bzip2 libarchive xz openssl zlib ]
+  buildInputs = [ bzip2 elfutils libarchive openssl xz zlib ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux libbsd;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;