diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
index a7345b1decfa..637f5b543cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 }:
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, libXaw, libXpm
 , Xaw3d, libXcursor,  pkg-config, gettext, libXft, dbus, libpng, libjpeg, giflib
-, libtiff, librsvg, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
+, libtiff, librsvg, libwebp, gconf, libxml2, imagemagick, gnutls, libselinux
 , alsa-lib, cairo, acl, gpm, AppKit, GSS, ImageIO, m17n_lib, libotf
 , sigtool, jansson, harfbuzz, sqlite, nixosTests
 , dontRecurseIntoAttrs, emacsPackagesFor
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , withMotif ? false, motif ? null
 , withSQLite3 ? false
 , withCsrc ? true
+, withWebP ? false
 , srcRepo ? false, autoreconfHook ? null, texinfo ? null
 , siteStart ? ./site-start.el
 , nativeComp ? false
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ let emacs = stdenv.mkDerivation (lib.optionalAttrs nativeComp {
     ++ lib.optionals (withX && withGTK3) [ gtk3-x11 gsettings-desktop-schemas ]
     ++ lib.optional (withX && withMotif) motif
     ++ lib.optional withSQLite3 sqlite
+    ++ lib.optional withWebP libwebp
     ++ lib.optionals (withX && withXwidgets) [ webkitgtk glib-networking ]
     ++ lib.optionals withNS [ AppKit GSS ImageIO ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ sigtool ]