diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
index 30a42fcc0fed..ce948739c320 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 { name
 , buildInputs ? []
+, nativeBuildInputs ? []
 , makeFlags ? []
 , src ? fetchurl {
     url = "http://pecl.php.net/get/${name}.tgz";
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
 
   inherit src;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
   buildInputs = [ php ] ++ buildInputs;
 
   makeFlags = [ "EXTENSION_DIR=$(out)/lib/php/extensions" ] ++ makeFlags;