diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
index 9192ed0a3015..7ccf66c055ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, dpkg, makeWrapper, which
-,gcc, xorg, qt4, zlib
+,gcc, liborc, xorg, qt4, zlib
 , ...}:
 
 assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ let
 
   deps = [
     gcc.cc
+    liborc
     qt4
     xorg.libX11
     zlib