diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
index effb3d521ef..2acf04e657a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-contacts/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # /nix/store/*-cheese-3.28.0/include/cheese/cheese-widget.h:26:10: fatal error: clutter-gtk/clutter-gtk.h: No such file or directory
   #  #include <clutter-gtk/clutter-gtk.h>
   #           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${clutter-gtk}/include/clutter-gtk-1.0";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${stdenv.lib.getDev clutter-gtk}/include/clutter-gtk-1.0";
 
   doCheck = true;