diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
index 2551a9853121..123453ee40bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, kdelibs, automoc4, phonon, qimageblitz, qca2, eigen,
-lcms, jasper, libgphoto2, kdepimlibs, gettext, soprano, libjpeg, libtiff,
+lcms, jasper, libgphoto2, kdepimlibs, gettext, soprano, libjpeg, libtiff, libusb1,
 liblqr1, lensfun, pkgconfig, qjson, libkdcraw, opencv, libkexiv2, libkipi, boost,
 shared_desktop_ontologies, marble, mysql, libpgf }:
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Make digikam find some FindXXXX.cmake
   KDEDIRS="${marble}:${qjson}";
 
+  cmakeFlags = "-DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=${libusb1}/lib -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {