diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
index 1dea43af676f..cc782546a486 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, libxml2 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "giflib-4.2.3";
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-4.2.3.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "0rmp7ipzk42r841bggd7bfqk4p8qsssbp4wcck4qnz7p4rkxbj0a";
   };
+
+  buildInputs = [ xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl libxml2 ];
 }