diff --git a/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm b/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
index 158d470828..3dfe086af8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/image-processing.scm
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ (define-public vtk
                            "-DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_theora=ON"
                            "-DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_tiff=ON"
                            "-DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_zlib=ON"
+                           "-DVTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_RenderingExternal=YES" ; For F3D
                            "-DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON=ON"
                            "-DVTK_PYTHON_VERSION:STRING=3"
                            )