diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index df9540f4487d..1310c73d1119 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ let
     tikzDevice = with pkgs; [ which texliveMedium ];
     gridGraphics = [ pkgs.which ];
     adimpro = with pkgs; [ which xorg.xdpyinfo ];
+    tfevents = [ pkgs.protobuf ];
     rsvg = [ pkgs.librsvg.dev ];
     ssh = with pkgs; [ libssh ];
     s2 = [ pkgs.openssl.dev ];