diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix
index 67ff2ec55411..725447966955 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fox_1_6, pkgconfig, gettext, x11, gcc, intltool, file, libpng }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fox, pkgconfig, gettext, x11, gcc, intltool, file, libpng }:
 
 let
   version = "1.33";
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     md5 = "fb089ba73add411b08a6560eeb51742d";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ fox_1_6 pkgconfig gettext x11 gcc intltool file libpng ];
+  buildInputs = [ fox pkgconfig gettext x11 gcc intltool file libpng ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i s,/usr/share/xfe,$out/share/xfe, src/xfedefs.h
+  '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/default.nix
index 76cc1d5c3d29..bfe7c68dd3e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, x11 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, x11, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib, bzip2, libXcursor, libXrandr, libXft }:
 
 let
   version = "1.7.9";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     md5 = "b5897e9c664967f5042e57070037ff18";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ x11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ x11 libpng libjpeg libtiff zlib bzip2 libXcursor libXrandr libXft ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix
index e8961621cab1..c0946d79e3c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, x11 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, x11, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib, bzip2, libXcursor, libXrandr, mesa, libXft }:
 
 let
   version = "1.6.9";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     md5 = "8ab8274237431865f57b2f5596374a65";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ x11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ x11 libpng libjpeg libtiff zlib bzip2 libXcursor libXrandr libXft ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30eace9ef806..560aacb4b760 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -799,8 +799,13 @@ let
 
   fortune = callPackage ../tools/misc/fortune { };
 
-  fox = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/default.nix { };
-  fox_1_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix { };
+  fox = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/default.nix {
+    libpng = libpng12;
+  };
+
+  fox_1_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix {
+    libpng = libpng12;
+  };
 
   fping = callPackage ../tools/networking/fping {};
 
@@ -8217,7 +8222,9 @@ let
 
   xen = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/xen { };
 
-  xfe = callPackage ../applications/misc/xfe { };
+  xfe = callPackage ../applications/misc/xfe {
+    fox = fox_1_6;
+  };
 
   xfig = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xfig { };