diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/0.10.17.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/0.10.17.nix
index 3508145c22c..02244e77371 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/0.10.17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/0.10.17.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static --enable-failing-tests
     --localstatedir=/var";
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad184dc21e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gstreamer/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+addGstreamerLibPath () {
+    if test -d "$1/lib/gstreamer-0.10"
+    then
+        export GST_PLUGIN_PATH="${GST_PLUGIN_PATH}${GST_PLUGIN_PATH:+:}$1/lib/gstreamer-0.10"
+    fi
+}
+
+envHooks=(${envHooks[@]} addGstreamerLibPath)