diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avrdude/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avrdude/default.nix
index 18f2f86ea4a8..03e77dfc3c46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avrdude/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/avrdude/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, flex, libusb
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, yacc, flex, libusb, libelf, libftdi1, readline
 # docSupport is a big dependency, disabled by default
 , docSupport ? false, texLive ? null, texinfo ? null, texi2html ? null
 }:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString docSupport "--enable-doc";
 
-  buildInputs = [ yacc flex libusb ]
+  buildInputs = [ yacc flex libusb libelf libftdi1 readline ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals docSupport [ texLive texinfo texi2html ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {