diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 07e67b558d2f..461e3c25a36a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "strace-4.10";
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ libunwind ]; # support -k
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://strace.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "A system call tracer for Linux";