diff --git a/pkgs/misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen/default.nix
index ffa8934cd8bb..cd5db3067f41 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   stdenv, makeWrapper, fetchFromGitHub,
-  imagemagick, i3lock-color, xdpyinfo, xrandr, bc, feh
+  imagemagick, i3lock-color, xdpyinfo, xrandr, bc, feh, procps, xrdb
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./replace-i3lock.patch ];
 
-  installPhase = 
-    let 
-      PATH = 
+  installPhase =
+    let
+      PATH =
         stdenv.lib.makeBinPath
-        [imagemagick i3lock-color xdpyinfo xrandr bc feh];
+        [imagemagick i3lock-color xdpyinfo xrandr bc feh procps xrdb];
     in ''
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       cp betterlockscreen $out/bin/betterlockscreen
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93a14e062190..eb58ed9f7fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18470,7 +18470,9 @@ in
 
   i3lock-pixeled = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/i3lock-pixeled { };
 
-  betterlockscreen = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen { };
+  betterlockscreen = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/betterlockscreen {
+    inherit (xorg) xrdb;
+  };
 
   i3minator = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3minator { };