diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
index 9fc0c4ac2306..506db644142d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, asciidoc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, asciidoc, enableDrafts ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "zeromq-${version}";
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails all the tests (ctest)
 
+  cmakeFlags = if enableDrafts then [ "-DENABLE_DRAFTS=ON" ] else null;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     branch = "4";
     homepage = http://www.zeromq.org;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 29600670f61b..6696520c33eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -434,7 +434,10 @@ let
     };
     stripDebugList = [ "share" ];
     packageRequires = [ emacs ];
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ external.autoconf external.automake external.pkgconfig external.libtool external.zeromq ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      external.autoconf external.automake external.pkgconfig external.libtool
+      (external.zeromq.override { enableDrafts = true; })
+    ];
     preBuild = ''
       make
     '';