diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
index ba0e57bb2be8..e016c5860f74 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, libtool, curl
-, python, munge, perl, pam, openssl
+, python, munge, perl, pam, openssl, zlib
 , ncurses, mysql, gtk2, lua, hwloc, numactl
-, readline, freeipmi, libssh2, xorg
+, readline, freeipmi, libssh2, xorg, lz4
 # enable internal X11 support via libssh2
 , enableX11 ? true
 }:
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool ];
   buildInputs = [
-    curl python munge perl pam openssl
-      mysql.connector-c ncurses gtk2
+    curl python munge perl pam openssl zlib
+      mysql.connector-c ncurses gtk2 lz4
       lua hwloc numactl readline freeipmi
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableX11 [ libssh2 xorg.xauth ];
 
   configureFlags = with stdenv.lib;
-    [ "--with-munge=${munge}"
-      "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}"
+    [ "--with-freeipmi=${freeipmi}"
       "--with-hwloc=${hwloc.dev}"
-      "--with-freeipmi=${freeipmi}"
+      "--with-lz4=${lz4.dev}"
+      "--with-munge=${munge}"
+      "--with-ssl=${openssl.dev}"
+      "--with-zlib=${zlib}"
       "--sysconfdir=/etc/slurm"
     ] ++ (optional (gtk2 == null)  "--disable-gtktest")
       ++ (optional enableX11 "--with-libssh2=${libssh2.dev}");