diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix
index 3c2348bfa8b..844ef927708 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , intltool, glib, gtk, libofx, aqbanking, gwenhywfar, libgnomecanvas, goffice
 , webkit, glibcLocales, gsettings_desktop_schemas, makeWrapper, dconf, file
 , gettext, swig, slibGuile, enchant, bzip2, isocodes, libdbi, libdbiDrivers
+, pango, gdk_pixbuf
 }:
 
 /*
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   # The following settings fix failures in the test suite. It's not required otherwise.
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-rpath=${guile}/lib -rpath=${glib}/lib";
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ guile glib gtk pango gdk_pixbuf ];
   preCheck = "export GNC_DOT_DIR=$PWD/dot-gnucash";
   doCheck = true;