diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
index e004b19fbd48..698c8dc0ddad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, boost, cmake, fftwSinglePrec, fltk
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, boost, cairo, cmake, fftwSinglePrec, fltk
 , jackaudio, libsndfile, mesa, minixml, pkgconfig, zlib
 }:
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    alsaLib boost fftwSinglePrec fltk jackaudio libsndfile mesa
+    alsaLib boost cairo fftwSinglePrec fltk jackaudio libsndfile mesa
     minixml zlib
   ];