diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/5.9.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/5.9.0.nix
index 514cf24f66eb..722c4a53b8fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/5.9.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/5.9.0.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , iproute, iptables, readline, lvm2, utillinux, systemd, libpciaccess, gettext
 , libtasn1, ebtables, libgcrypt, yajl, pmutils, libcap_ng, libapparmor
 , dnsmasq, libnl, libpcap, libxslt, xhtml1, numad, numactl, perlPackages
-, curl, libiconv, gmp, zfs, parted, bridge-utils, dmidecode, glib
+, curl, libiconv, gmp, zfs, parted, bridge-utils, dmidecode, glib, rpcsvc-proto, libtirpc
 , enableXen ? false, xen ? null
 , enableIscsi ? false, openiscsi
 , enableCeph ? false, ceph
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         fetchSubmodules = true;
       };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkgconfig rpcsvc-proto ];
   buildInputs = [
     libxml2 gnutls perl python2 readline gettext libtasn1 libgcrypt yajl
-    libxslt xhtml1 perlPackages.XMLXPath curl libpcap glib
+    libxslt xhtml1 perlPackages.XMLXPath curl libpcap glib libtirpc
   ] ++ optionals (!buildFromTarball) [
     libtool autoconf automake
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER=/run/wrappers/bin/qemu-bridge-helper"
     "QEMU_PR_HELPER=/run/libvirt/nix-helpers/qemu-pr-helper"
     "EBTABLES_PATH=${ebtables}/bin/ebtables-legacy"
+    "CFLAGS=-I${libtirpc.dev}/include/tirpc"
     "--with-attr"
     "--with-apparmor"
     "--with-secdriver-apparmor"