diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
index 97c657ee1811..124b64ffc2be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ wrapSOffice() {
 #! $shell
 # Add fontconfig to the library search path; apparently OpenOffice
 # looks for it at runtime.
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$fontconfig/lib
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$fontconfig/lib:$libjpeg/lib:$cups/lib
+export JAVA_HOME=$jdk
 exec $ooFiles/program/soffice $arg "\$@"
 EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/$fn
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
index b93fb8c5f791..95d675ebb4ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pam, python, tcsh, libxslt, perl, perlArchiveZip
 , perlCompressZlib, zlib, libjpeg, expat, pkgconfig, freetype, libwpd
 , libxml2, db4, sablotron, curl, libXaw, fontconfig, libsndfile, neon
-, bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, jre, cairo, which
-, icu, boost, jdk, ant, hsqldb, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi
+, bison, flex, zip, unzip, gtk, libmspack, getopt, file, cairo, which
+, icu, boost, jdk, ant, hsqldb, libXext, libX11, libXtst, libXi, cups
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = "
     --with-package-format=native
-    --disable-cups
     --disable-epm
     --disable-fontooo
     --disable-gnome-vfs
@@ -57,9 +56,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libjpeg expat pkgconfig freetype libwpd libxml2 db4 sablotron curl 
     libXaw fontconfig libsndfile neon bison flex zip unzip gtk libmspack 
     getopt file jdk cairo which icu boost libXext libX11 libXtst libXi
+    cups
   ];
 
-  inherit icu fontconfig libjpeg;
+  inherit icu fontconfig libjpeg jdk cups;
 
   meta = {
     description = "OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ecfc44853b66..e749e9772490 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3421,7 +3421,8 @@ rec {
       perl perlArchiveZip perlCompressZlib zlib libjpeg
       expat pkgconfig freetype fontconfig libwpd libxml2
       db4 sablotron curl libsndfile flex zip unzip libmspack
-      getopt file neon cairo which icu boost jre jdk ant hsqldb;
+      getopt file neon cairo which icu boost jdk ant hsqldb
+      cups;
     inherit (xlibs) libXaw libXext libX11 libXtst libXi;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
     bison = bison23;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index 2f390ab81a07..186a02177341 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ let {
     nss_ldap
     ntp    
     nxml
+    openoffice
     openssh
     openssl
     pam_console