diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/torch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/torch/default.nix
index 8700378ae75d..254c210a61ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/torch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/torch/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
-{stdenv, fetchgit, luajit, openblas, imagemagick, cmake, curl, fftw, gnuplot,
-  libjpeg_turbo, zeromq3, ncurses, openssl, libpng, qt4, readline, unzip}:
+{stdenv, fetchgit, luajit, openblas, imagemagick, cmake, curl, fftw, gnuplot
+  , libjpeg, zeromq3, ncurses, openssl, libpng, qt4, readline, unzip
+  , pkgconfig, zlib, libX11, which
+  }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   version = "0.0pre20160820";
   name = "torch-${version}";
   buildInputs = [
     luajit openblas imagemagick cmake curl fftw gnuplot unzip qt4
-    libjpeg_turbo zeromq3 ncurses openssl libpng readline
+    libjpeg zeromq3 ncurses openssl libpng readline pkgconfig
+    zlib libX11 which
   ];
   src = fetchgit (stdenv.lib.importJSON ./src.json);
-  configurePhase = ''
-  '';
   buildPhase = ''
     cd ..
     export PREFIX=$out
+
+    include=
+    for i in $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE; do
+      if test -n "$include" && test -d "$i"; then
+        export CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH="$CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH''${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH:+:}$i"
+      fi;
+      if test "x$i" = "x-isystem"; then
+        include=1
+      else
+        include=
+      fi
+    done
+
     mkdir "$out"
     sh install.sh -s
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 74bde248417b..5ac70fdcc4b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9594,7 +9594,9 @@ in
 
   tokyotyrant = callPackage ../development/libraries/tokyo-tyrant { };
 
-  torch = callPackage ../development/libraries/torch {};
+  torch = callPackage ../development/libraries/torch {
+    openblas = openblasCompat;
+  };
 
   tremor = callPackage ../development/libraries/tremor { };