diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 6555c999d7f2..32894748ac46 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , freetype, t1lib, gd, libXaw, icu, ghostscript, ed, libXt, libXpm, libXmu, libXext
 , xextproto, perl, libSM, ruby, expat, curl, libjpeg, python, fontconfig, pkgconfig
 , poppler, libpaper, graphite2, zziplib, harfbuzz, texinfo, potrace, gmp, mpfr
-, xpdf, cairo, pixman, xorg, clisp
+, xpdf, cairo, pixman, xorg, clisp, biber
 , makeWrapper
 }:
 
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ dvipng = stdenv.mkDerivation {
 };
 
 
+inherit biber;
 bibtexu = bibtex8;
 bibtex8 = stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "texlive-bibtex-x.bin-${version}";