diff --git a/pkgs/games/kobodeluxe/default.nix b/pkgs/games/kobodeluxe/default.nix
index f45f9e9dcb25..2c45e1361b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/kobodeluxe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/kobodeluxe/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_image} :
+{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_image, mesa} :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "kobodeluxe-0.5.1";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0f7b910a399d985437564af8c5d81d6dcf22b96b26b01488d72baa6a6fdb5c2c";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image mesa ];
 
   prePatch = ''
     sed -e 's/char \*tok/const char \*tok/' -i graphics/window.cpp