diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
index 7cc030991868..a50826bb6069 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rec {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig dbus_glib libxml2 expat policykit;
     inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) glib gtk;
     inherit intltool ORBit2;
+    dbus_libs = pkgs.dbus.libs;
   };
 
   libgnomecanvas = import ./platform/libgnomecanvas {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/GConf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/GConf/default.nix
index 834f7d6cff8e..ddf08f63a34c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/GConf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/GConf/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus_glib, glib, gtk, ORBit2, libxml2
-, expat, policykit, intltool}:
+, expat, policykit, intltool, dbus_libs}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "GConf-2.28.0";
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${dbus_glib}/include/dbus-1.0 -I${policykit}/include/PolicyKit -I${glib}/include/glib-2.0 -I${glib}/lib/glib-2.0/include"
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${dbus_glib}/include/dbus-1.0 -I${policykit}/include/PolicyKit -I${glib}/include/glib-2.0 -I${glib}/lib/glib-2.0/include -I${dbus_libs}/include/dbus-1.0"
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib gtk dbus_glib ORBit2 libxml2
-                  expat policykit intltool ];
+                  expat policykit intltool dbus_libs];
 }