diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu-rs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu-rs/package.nix
index 7ba8db6c7b45..cb1b5dcb97e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu-rs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu-rs/package.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   fontconfig,
   libXft,
   libXinerama,
+  libxcb,
   aspell,
   xclip,
   xdg-utils,
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fontconfig
     libXft
     libXinerama
+    libxcb
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals enablePlugins [
     aspell