diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
index 8c16995d5cc4..8a36e03c7840 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , bzip2
 , db
 , gdbm
+, less
 , libX11, xproto
 , lzma
 , ncurses
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ let
   buildInputs = filter (p: p != null) [
     zlib bzip2 lzma gdbm sqlite db readline ncurses openssl tcl tk libX11 xproto
   ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    less
+  ];
+
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "python3-${version}";
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit majorVersion version;
 
   inherit buildInputs;
+  inherit propagatedBuildInputs;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${version}/Python-${version}.tar.xz";