diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
index b3eb0e74dc68..b4610bfbdcf6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/overrides.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage,
   lib, stdenv, makeWrapper, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitLab, buildPackages,
-  automake, autoconf, libiconv, libtool, intltool, gettext, python3, perl,
+  automake, autoconf, libiconv, libtool, intltool, gettext, gzip, python3, perl,
   freetype, tradcpp, fontconfig, meson, ninja, ed, fontforge,
   libGL, spice-protocol, zlib, libGLU, dbus, libunwind, libdrm, netbsd,
   ncompress, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook,
@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ self: super:
     outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ]; # tiny man in $bin
     patchPhase = "sed -i '/USE_GETTEXT_TRUE/d' sxpm/Makefile.in cxpm/Makefile.in";
     XPM_PATH_COMPRESS = lib.makeBinPath [ ncompress ];
+    XPM_PATH_GZIP = lib.makeBinPath [ gzip ];
+    XPM_PATH_UNCOMPRESS = lib.makeBinPath [ gzip ];
     meta = attrs.meta // { mainProgram = "sxpm"; };
   });