diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
index 6dca0846a1b6..75bd6d570304 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, audiofile, gtkLibs
 , flex, bison, popt, perl, zlib, libxml2, bzip2
+, perlXMLParser
 }:
 
 rec {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ rec {
 
   gnomevfs = (import ./gnome-vfs) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl glib libxml2 GConf
-            libbonobo gnomemimedata popt bzip2;
+            libbonobo gnomemimedata popt bzip2 perlXMLParser;
     # !!! use stdenv.bzip2
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
index ef7fe1cafe8c..7470ce704ff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, glib, libxml2, GConf
-, libbonobo, gnomemimedata, popt, bzip2 }:
+, libbonobo, gnomemimedata, popt, bzip2, perlXMLParser }:
 
 assert pkgconfig != null && perl != null && glib != null
   && libxml2 != null && GConf != null && libbonobo != null
   && gnomemimedata != null && bzip2 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "gnome-vfs-2.4.1";
+  name = "gnome-vfs-2.4.2";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-vfs/2.4/gnome-vfs-2.4.1.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "cb7a36076f6a65e40c7f540be3057310";
+    url = ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-vfs/2.4/gnome-vfs-2.4.2.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "a0f0e40739214143bbf3050311ff10cd";
   };
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig perl glib libxml2 GConf libbonobo gnomemimedata popt bzip2];
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig perl glib libxml2 GConf libbonobo
+    gnomemimedata popt bzip2 perlXMLParser
+  ];
+  PERL5LIB = perlXMLParser ~ "/lib/site_perl";
 }