diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-vfs.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-vfs.nix
index 24b99fb3b83..7f1e6a67c71 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-vfs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-vfs.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ args: with args;
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (input) name src;
   buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig perl gnome.glib libxml2 gnome.GConf gnome.libbonobo
+    pkgconfig perl gnome.glib libxml2 gnome.libbonobo
     gnome.gnomemimedata popt perlXMLParser gettext bzip2
     dbus_glib hal openssl samba fam
   ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [gnome.GConf];
   patches = [./no-kerberos.patch];
 }