diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
index fa4746a562ea..6993158291c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, libxslt, tetex }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, libxslt, tetex
+, enableAllFeatures ? false, imagemagick ? null, transfig ? null, inkscape ? null, fontconfig ? null, ghostscript ? null }:
+
+# NOTE: enableAllFeatures just purifies the expression, it doesn't actually
+# enable any extra features.
+
+assert enableAllFeatures ->
+  imagemagick != null &&
+  transfig != null &&
+  inkscape != null &&
+  fontconfig != null &&
+  ghostscript != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "dblatex-0.3.4";
@@ -8,15 +19,39 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "120w3wm07qx0k1grgdhjwm2vpwil71icshjvqznskp1f6ggch290";
   };
 
+  buildInputs = [ python libxslt tetex ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableAllFeatures [ imagemagick transfig ];
+
+  # TODO: dblatex tries to execute texindy command, but nixpkgs doesn't have
+  # that yet. In Ubuntu, texindy is a part of the xindy package.
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i 's|self.install_layout == "deb"|False|' setup.py
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString enableAllFeatures ''
+    for file in $(find -name "*.py"); do
+        sed -e 's|cmd = \["xsltproc|cmd = \["${libxslt}/bin/xsltproc|g' \
+            -e 's|Popen(\["xsltproc|Popen(\["${libxslt}/bin/xsltproc|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = \["texindy|cmd = ["nixpkgs_is_missing_texindy|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = "epstopdf|cmd = "${tetex}/bin/epstopdf|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = \["makeindex|cmd = ["${tetex}/bin/makeindex|g' \
+            -e 's|doc.program = "pdflatex"|doc.program = "${tetex}/bin/pdflatex"|g' \
+            -e 's|self.program = "latex"|self.program = "${tetex}/bin/latex"|g' \
+            -e 's|Popen("pdflatex|Popen("${tetex}/bin/pdflatex|g' \
+            -e 's|"fc-match"|"${fontconfig}/bin/fc-match"|g' \
+            -e 's|"fc-list"|"${fontconfig}/bin/fc-list"|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = "inkscape|cmd = "${inkscape}/bin/inkscape|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = "fig2dev|cmd = "${transfig}/bin/fig2dev|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = \["ps2pdf|cmd = ["${ghostscript}/bin/ps2pdf|g' \
+            -e 's|cmd = "convert|cmd = "${imagemagick}/bin/convert|g' \
+            -i "$file"
+    done
+  '';
+
   buildPhase = "true";
   
   installPhase = ''
-    sed -i 's|self.install_layout == "deb"|False|' setup.py
-    python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out
+    python ./setup.py install --prefix="$out" --use-python-path --verbose
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ python libxslt tetex ];
-
   meta = {
     description = "A program to convert DocBook to DVI, PostScript or PDF via LaTeX or ConTeXt";
     homepage = http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 957eadbb8c10..a567c0b88d16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9784,7 +9784,13 @@ let
 
   dbacl = callPackage ../tools/misc/dbacl { };
 
-  dblatex = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex { };
+  dblatex = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex {
+    enableAllFeatures = false;
+  };
+
+  dblatexFull = appendToName "full" (dblatex.override {
+    enableAllFeatures = true;
+  });
 
   dosbox = callPackage ../misc/emulators/dosbox { };