diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
index 306dee0ec627..6e4de51963d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/nagios/plugins/official-2.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssh }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssh, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "nagios-plugins-${version}";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = "ln -s libexec $out/bin";
 
   # !!! make openssh a runtime dependency only
-  buildInputs = [ openssh ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssh openssl ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Official plugins for Nagios";