diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
index 1a1211d6bf84..abb61a2a228c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/make-emacs.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   libXft,
   libXi,
   libXpm,
+  libXrandr,
   libgccjit,
   libjpeg,
   libotf,
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       giflib
       libXaw
       libXpm
+      libXrandr
       libjpeg
       libpng
       librsvg