diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix
index b1fb3b2054f5..b29d9f494b04 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-slang=${slang.dev}"
     "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}"
+    "--with-slrnpull"
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ slang ncurses openssl ];