diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
index 8a24e9dfaa41..dba063bb1069 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gdSupport ? false
+, gd ? null, libpng ? null, zlib ? null
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nagios-2.10";
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   patches = [./nagios.patch];
-  buildInputs = [perl];
+  buildInputs = [perl] ++ (if gdSupport then [gd libpng zlib] else []);
   buildFlags = "all";
   installTargets = "install install-config";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ee6cf420d2b2..ad326c6cbc15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2761,7 +2761,8 @@ rec {
   };
 
   nagios = import ../servers/monitoring/nagios {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl gd libpng zlib;
+    gdSupport = true;
   };
 
   nagiosPluginsOfficial = import ../servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official {