diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
index c0e68fd9b54..dfc637551f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ rec {
   };
   
   gnome_doc_utils = import ./desktop/gnome-doc-utils {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl python pkgconfig libxslt;
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl python pkgconfig libxslt
+      makeWrapper;
     inherit intltool scrollkeeper;
     libxml2 = pkgs.libxml2Python;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
index e3ae09a0e32..c2e49deb009 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt, intltool, scrollkeeper}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt, intltool, scrollkeeper,
+  makeWrapper}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gnome-doc-utils-0.18.0";
@@ -7,5 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1937zr088vn7vhy9rwfc021ih21hhf700c3m4ria8mlcpcvh1380";
   };
   configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
-  buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt intltool scrollkeeper ];
+  buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt intltool scrollkeeper 
+    makeWrapper ];
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xml2po --prefix PYTHONPATH : $(toPythonPath $out) \
+      ''${PYTHONPATH:+ --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH} \
+  '';
 }