diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
index 1bf7834f299a..184701ceb598 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, eventlog, pkgconfig, glib}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, eventlog, pkgconfig, glib, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "syslog-ng-3.5.3";
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1l3424qn9bf9z742pqba8x3dj7g729asimmhlizv1rvjlaxa2jd3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [eventlog pkgconfig glib];
+  buildInputs = [ eventlog pkgconfig glib python ];
   configureFlags = "--enable-dynamic-linking";
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e8c6705c60ab..9685a66b7c92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ let
   mcrl2 = callPackage ../tools/misc/mcrl2 { };
 
   syslogng = callPackage ../tools/system/syslog-ng { };
+
   rsyslog = callPackage ../tools/system/rsyslog { };
 
   mcrypt = callPackage ../tools/misc/mcrypt { };