diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
index 1e15c6ab0f2f..85d289e49b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sysbench/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , pkg-config
 , libmysqlclient
 , libaio
+, libck
 , luajit
 # For testing:
 , testers
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.0.20";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ libmysqlclient luajit ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libaio ];
+  buildInputs = [ libmysqlclient luajit libck ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libaio ];
+  depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "akopytov";
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # The bundled version does not build on aarch64-darwin:
     # https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/issues/416
     "--with-system-luajit"
+    "--with-system-ck"
+    "--with-mysql-includes=${lib.getDev libmysqlclient}/include/mysql"
+    "--with-mysql-libs=${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql"
   ];
 
   passthru.tests = {