diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 4689a1e95ac3..ae33772d3a11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ let
     animation = [ pkgs.which ];
     Apollonius = with pkgs; [ pkg-config gmp.dev mpfr.dev ];
     arrow = with pkgs; [ pkg-config cmake ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ intltool ];
+    alcyon = with pkgs; [ cmake which ];
     audio = [ pkgs.portaudio ];
     BayesSAE = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     BayesVarSel = [ pkgs.gsl ];
@@ -1084,6 +1085,12 @@ let
         '';
     });
 
+    alcyon = old.alcyon.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+      configureFlags = [
+        "--enable-force-openmp"
+      ];
+    });
+
     sf = old.sf.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       configureFlags = [
         "--with-proj-lib=${pkgs.lib.getLib pkgs.proj}/lib"