diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index c3370e172ed1..436f1f1857d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   parted = (import ../tools/misc/parted) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv e2fsprogs;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv e2fsprogs ncurses readline;
   };
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
index a189773f8ec2..81c23cd7a24a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, e2fsprogs}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, e2fsprogs, ncurses, readline}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "parted-1.6.23";
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/parted/parted-1.6.23.tar.gz;
     md5 = "7e46a32def60ea355c193d9225691742";
   };
-  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs];
+  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs ncurses readline];
 }