diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
index bf94bfa34d2b..f9cd096f559b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/make-fonts-conf.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-{runCommand, libxslt, fontconfig, fontDirectories}:
+{ runCommand, libxslt, fontconfig, fontDirectories }:
 
 runCommand "fonts.conf"
-  { 
-    buildInputs = [libxslt];
+  {
+    buildInputs = [ libxslt fontconfig ];
     inherit fontDirectories;
   }
   ''
     xsltproc --stringparam fontDirectories "$fontDirectories" \
       --stringparam fontconfig "${fontconfig}" \
+      --path ${fontconfig}/share/xml/fontconfig \
       ${./make-fonts-conf.xsl} ${fontconfig}/etc/fonts/fonts.conf \
       > $out
   ''