diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
index 956fec1ddf1..1f4af86ffeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk python gettext ];
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgmodule-2.0";
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
 }