diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index cda64d2180d3..99461a97762f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
  * - doxygen
  */
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, gtkspell, aspell,
-  GStreamer, startupnotification, gettext,
-  perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, nss, nspr,
+  GStreamer, gstPluginsBase, startupnotification, gettext,
+  perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, nss, nspr, farsight2,
   libXScrnSaver, ncurses, avahi, dbus, dbus_glib, intltool, libidn
   , lib
   , openssl ? null
   , gnutls ? null
+  , voice ? null
 } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit nss ncurses;
   buildInputs = [
     gtkspell aspell
-    GStreamer startupnotification
+    GStreamer gstPluginsBase startupnotification
     libxml2] 
   ++ (lib.optional (openssl != null) openssl)
   ++ (lib.optional (gnutls != null) gnutls)
   ++
-  [nss nspr
+  [nss nspr farsight2
     libXScrnSaver ncurses
     avahi dbus dbus_glib intltool libidn
   ]
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pkgconfig gtk perl perlXMLParser gettext
   ];
 
-  configureFlags="--with-nspr-includes=${nspr}/include/nspr --with-nspr-libs=${nspr}/lib --with-nss-includes=${nss}/include/nss --with-nss-libs=${nss}/lib --with-ncurses-headers=${ncurses}/include --disable-meanwhile --disable-nm --disable-tcl --disable-vv"
+  patches = [./pidgin-makefile.patch];
+
+  configureFlags="--with-nspr-includes=${nspr}/include/nspr --with-nspr-libs=${nspr}/lib --with-nss-includes=${nss}/include/nss --with-nss-libs=${nss}/lib --with-ncurses-headers=${ncurses}/include --disable-meanwhile --disable-nm --disable-tcl"
   + (lib.optionalString (gnutls != null) " --enable-gnutls=yes --enable-nss=no")
   ;
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2812496effaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/pidgin-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.am pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.am
+--- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.am	2009-11-30 04:13:54.000000000 +0100
++++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.am	2009-12-27 17:30:58.000000000 +0100
+@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
+ 	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ 	$(DBUS_LIBS) \
+ 	$(GSTREAMER_LIBS) \
++	$(GSTINTERFACES_LIBS) \
+ 	$(XSS_LIBS) \
+ 	$(SM_LIBS) \
+ 	$(INTLLIBS) \
+@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+ 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
++	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(DBUS_CFLAGS) \
+diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.in pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.in
+--- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/Makefile.in	2009-11-30 05:12:21.000000000 +0100
++++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/Makefile.in	2009-12-27 17:30:36.000000000 +0100
+@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GLIB_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DBUS_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTREAMER_LIBS) \
++@ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTINTERFACES_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(XSS_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(SM_LIBS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(INTLLIBS) \
+@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
++@ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ @ENABLE_GTK_TRUE@	$(DBUS_CFLAGS) \
+diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am
+--- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am	2009-11-30 04:13:57.000000000 +0100
++++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.am	2009-12-27 16:58:50.000000000 +0100
+@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
+ 	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
++	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(PLUGIN_CFLAGS)
+ 
+ #
+diff -ru pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in
+--- pidgin-2.6.4/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in	2009-11-30 05:12:22.000000000 +0100
++++ pidgin-2.6.4.new/pidgin/plugins/Makefile.in	2009-12-27 16:59:13.000000000 +0100
+@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@
+ 	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(GSTREAMER_CFLAGS) \
++	$(GSTINTERFACES_CFLAGS) \
+ 	$(PLUGIN_CFLAGS)
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a3b9f07b7f85..9f90f0318a39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7283,7 +7283,7 @@ let
   };
 
   pidgin = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 nss nspr
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 nss nspr farsight2
       gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib lib intltool libidn;
     openssl = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "openssl"] true) then openssl else null;
     gnutls = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "gnutls"] false) then gnutls else null;
@@ -7291,6 +7291,7 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
     inherit (gnome) startupnotification;
     inherit (xlibs) libXScrnSaver;
+    inherit (gst_all) gstPluginsBase;
   };
 
   pidginlatex = composedArgsAndFun (import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-latex) {