diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 2b2d0ce17d26..85f1522149e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ let
     pbdZMQ = [ pkgs.pkg-config ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ pkgs.which ];
     pcaL1 = [ pkgs.pkg-config pkgs.clp ];
     pdftools = [ pkgs.poppler.dev ];
+    PEPBVS = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     phytools = [ pkgs.which ];
     PKI = [ pkgs.openssl.dev ];
     png = [ pkgs.libpng.dev ];