diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
index 9d8e959b9913..4669042b7be9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lib60870/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gitUpdater,
+  mbedtls_2,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ mbedtls_2 ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_MBEDTLS" true) ];
+
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lmbedcrypto -lmbedx509 -lmbedtls";
+
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
 
   meta = with lib; {