diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 73a89ad0..a79a62a4 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ rec {
       configureFlags = "--with-nix=${nix}";
 
       buildInputs =
-        [ perl makeWrapper libtool nix unzip nukeReferences pkgconfig boehmgc sqlite git gitAndTools.topGit mercurial subversion bazaar openssl ]
+        [ perl makeWrapper libtool nix unzip nukeReferences pkgconfig boehmgc sqlite git gitAndTools.topGit mercurial subversion bazaar openssl bzip2 ]
         ++ (import ./deps.nix) { inherit pkgs; };
 
       hydraPath = stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/bin") ( [