diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
index d52fd178165e..2afa6c086961 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perlSupport, libX11, libXt, libXft, ncurses, perl,
-  fontconfig, freetype, pkgconfig, libXrender }:
+  fontconfig, freetype, pkgconfig, libXrender, gdkPixbufSupport, gdk_pixbuf }:
 
 let 
   name = "rxvt-unicode";
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   buildInputs =
     [ libX11 libXt libXft ncurses /* required to build the terminfo file */ 
       fontconfig freetype pkgconfig libXrender ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional perlSupport perl;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional perlSupport perl
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional gdkPixbufSupport gdk_pixbuf;
 
   preConfigure =
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 49b38074f35d..760a84c48a29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8314,6 +8314,7 @@ let
   # = urxvt
   rxvt_unicode = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt_unicode {
     perlSupport = true;
+    gdkPixbufSupport = true;
   };
 
   sakura = callPackage ../applications/misc/sakura {