diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/sitecopy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/sitecopy/default.nix
index a3eb891929ff..931f70afb2e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/sitecopy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/sitecopy/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, neon}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, neon, openssl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "sitecopy-0.16.6";
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1bsqfhfq83g1qambqf8i1ivvggz5d2byg94hmrpxqkg50yhdsvz0";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [openssl]; 
+
   configureFlags= "--with-ssl=openssl"; 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d9ebc3e83cec..04dcc1672ada 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ let
   };
 
   sitecopy = import ../tools/networking/sitecopy {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv neon;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv neon openssl;
   };
 
   tcpdump = import ../tools/networking/tcpdump {