diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qemu-kvm/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qemu-kvm/default.nix
index 945fb05ca62d..9bcb5a28e162 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qemu-kvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/qemu-kvm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, SDL, alsaLib, pkgconfig, pciutils}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, SDL, alsaLib, pkgconfig, pciutils, libuuid }:
    
 assert stdenv.isLinux;
    
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./unix-domain.patch ./smb-tmpdir.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils libuuid ];
 
   preBuild =
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1132fd9d1644..71085b088549 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6009,7 +6009,7 @@ let
   };
 
   qemu_kvm = import ../os-specific/linux/qemu-kvm {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib SDL alsaLib pkgconfig pciutils libuuid;
   };
 
   radeontools = import ../os-specific/linux/radeontools {