diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
index 267ed4db67ca..40c9ddf8c946 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/colord/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchzip, fetchgit, bashCompletion
 , glib, polkit, pkgconfig, intltool, gusb, libusb1, lcms2, sqlite, systemd, dbus
-, automake, autoconf, libtool, gtk_doc, which, gobjectIntrospection, argyllcms }:
+, automake, autoconf, libtool, gtk_doc, which, gobjectIntrospection, argyllcms
+, libgudev }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "colord-1.2.12";
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ glib polkit pkgconfig intltool gusb libusb1 lcms2 sqlite systemd dbus gobjectIntrospection
-                  bashCompletion argyllcms automake autoconf ];
+                  bashCompletion argyllcms automake autoconf libgudev ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     rm -fr $out/var/lib/colord
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input and output devices";
+    description = "System service to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input and output devices";
     homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/intro.html;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];