diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dbench/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dbench/default.nix
index ad46534fcfaa..49fb1efbd4a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dbench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dbench/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, popt, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, popt, zlib, rpcsvc-proto, libtirpc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "dbench-2013-01-01";
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "16lcbwmmx8z5i73k3dnf54yffrpx7ql3y9k3cpkss9dcyxb1p83i";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf popt zlib ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf rpcsvc-proto ];
+  buildInputs = [ popt zlib libtirpc ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${libtirpc.dev}/include/tirpc" ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-ltirpc" ];
 
   patches = [
     # patch has been also sent upstream and might be included in future versions