diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ebook-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ebook-tools/default.nix
index 5efdb69fe453c..5ba1c08cf622c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ebook-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ebook-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, libxml2, libzip }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkg-config, libxml2, libzip
+, buildPackages
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ebook-tools";
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 libzip ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE $(${buildPackages.pkg-config}/bin/${buildPackages.pkg-config.targetPrefix}pkg-config --cflags libzip)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://ebook-tools.sourceforge.net";
     description = "Tools and library for dealing with various ebook file formats";