diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
index 6cb003720bb1..f4a10452eef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cutelyst/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, makeWrapper
-, qtbase, libuuid, libcap, uwsgi, grantlee }:
+, qtbase, libuuid, libcap, uwsgi, grantlee, pcre
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "cutelyst-${version}";
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ qtbase libuuid libcap uwsgi grantlee ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase libuuid libcap uwsgi grantlee pcre ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DPLUGIN_UWSGI=ON"