diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
index 6d9b2a420fbe..0461933a7bc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-{cabal, xmonad, xmonadContrib, X11, utf8String, X11Xft,
- parsec, split}:
+{ cabal, hint, mtl, network, parsec, random, split, X11, xmonad
+, xmonadContrib
+}:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "xmonad-extras";
   version = "0.9.2";
   sha256 = "54b41a4c59ff3d68b3a214d727fb5675fa7c1b90090d99e58ecae62b3dfdd701";
-  propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [X11 xmonad xmonadContrib utf8String X11Xft parsec split];
+  buildDepends = [
+    hint mtl network parsec random split X11 xmonad xmonadContrib
+  ];
+  configureFlags = "-f-with_hlist -f-with_mpd";
   noHaddock = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/xmonad-extras";