diff --git a/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm b/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
index 1e98369ea3..ffd5f60b38 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/inkscape.scm
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ (define-public inkscape
        ("libgc" ,libgc)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("popt" ,popt)
+       ("potrace" ,potrace)
        ("python" ,python-2)
        ("lcms" ,lcms)
        ("boost" ,boost)))