diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 88f717cef7a4..adaf250d07df 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   findutils = (import ../tools/misc/findutils) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv coreutils;
   };
 
   getopt = (import ../tools/misc/getopt) {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
index da086e80c084..7f8f67627de9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/findutils/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "findutils-4.2.20";
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.2.20.tar.gz;
     md5 = "7c8e12165b221dd67a19c00d780437a4";
   };
+  buildInputs = [coreutils];
 }