diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
index a038d6c36484..c4050087cfe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchpatch, python3, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, openssl, fetchpatch, python3, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
   buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
+    inherit openssl;
     python = python3;
   };
 in