diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
index 8353bce1b84..d4e2043eaa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/grass/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--with-blas"
   ];
 
+  # Otherwise a very confusing "Can't load GDAL library" error
+  makeFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "GDAL_DYNAMIC=";
+
   /* Ensures that the python script run at build time are actually executable;
    * otherwise, patchShebangs ignores them.  */
   postConfigure = ''
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     --set GRASS_PYTHON ${python2Packages.python}/bin/${python2Packages.python.executable} \
     --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ':' '${gdal}/lib'
     ln -s $out/grass-*/lib $out/lib
+    ln -s $out/grass-*/include $out/include
   '';
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -82,5 +86,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "GIS software suite used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [mpickering];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/default.nix
index 75f980c6781..896387b1f7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/qgis/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, gdal, cmake, qt4, flex, bison, proj, geos, xlibsWrapper, sqlite, gsl
 , qwt, fcgi, python2Packages, libspatialindex, libspatialite, qscintilla, postgresql, makeWrapper
 , qjson, qca2, txt2tags, openssl, darwin, pkgconfig
-, withGrass ? false, grass, IOKit, ApplicationServices
+, withGrass ? true, grass, IOKit, ApplicationServices
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
           '') +
     (stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       # Necessary for QGIS to find the correct default GRASS path
+      # Plugins look for gdal tools like deminfo on the PATH
       ${stdenv.lib.optionalString withGrass "ln -sf ${grass} $out/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/grass"}
       for file in $(find $out -type f -name "QGIS"); do
         wrapProgram "$file" \
           --prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${qwt}/lib" \
           --prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${qscintilla}/lib" \
+          --prefix PATH : "${gdal}/bin" \
           ${stdenv.lib.optionalString withGrass "--prefix PATH : ${grass}/bin"} \
           --set PYTHONPATH $PYTHONPATH
       done
@@ -75,6 +77,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.qgis.org;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; unix;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric mpickering];
   };
 }