diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
index 85f93506c506..e0a09d94d7f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, pkgconfig, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, numeric }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, pkgconfig, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf
+, numeric }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "pygame-1.7";
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export LOCALBASE=///
     sed -e "/origincdirs =/a'${SDL_image}/include/SDL','${SDL_image}/include'," -i config_unix.py
     sed -e "/origlibdirs =/aoriglibdirs += '${SDL_image}/lib'," -i config_unix.py
+    sed -e "/origincdirs =/a'${SDL_mixer}/include/SDL','${SDL_mixer}/include'," -i config_unix.py
+    sed -e "/origlibdirs =/aoriglibdirs += '${SDL_mixer}/lib'," -i config_unix.py
     sed -e "/origincdirs =/a'${SDL_ttf}/include/SDL','${SDL_ttf}/include'," -i config_unix.py
     sed -e "/origlibdirs =/aoriglibdirs += '${SDL_ttf}/lib'," -i config_unix.py
     sed -e "/origincdirs =/a'${numeric}/include/python2.5'," -i config_unix.py
@@ -29,13 +32,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     # That `config.py' is really deeply broken.
     sed -i Setup \
-        -e "s|^NUMERIC *=.*$|NUMERIC = -I${numeric}/include/python2.5|g"
+        -e "s|^NUMERIC *=.*$|NUMERIC = -I${numeric}/include/python2.5|g ;
+            s|^MIXER *=.*$|MIXER = -I${SDL_mixer}/include -L${SDL_mixer}/lib -lSDL_mixer|g"
   '';
 
   buildPhase = "yes Y | python setup.py build";	
 
   installPhase = "yes Y | python setup.py install --prefix=\${out} ";
- 
+
   meta = {
     description = "
 	Python library for games.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 99dcc2eefe84..295935621ec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4584,7 +4584,7 @@ let
 
   pygame = import ../development/python-modules/pygame {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python pkgconfig SDL SDL_image
-      SDL_ttf numeric;
+      SDL_mixer SDL_ttf numeric;
   };
 
   pygobject = import ../development/python-modules/pygobject {