diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/selinux-sandbox/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/selinux-sandbox/package.nix
index 62e5f2761fcb..ec786c08040b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/selinux-sandbox/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/selinux-sandbox/package.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   xorgserver,
   openbox,
   xmodmap,
+  libselinux,
 }:
 
 # this is python3 only as it depends on selinux-python
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openbox
     xmodmap
     dbus
+    libselinux
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pygobject3