diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index 6410e9c053a..9b4c14340bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ rec {
 
   gnomedocutils = import ./gnome-doc-utils.nix {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser python
-      libxml2 libxslt gettext;
+      libxml2 libxslt gettext libxml2Python;
     input = desktop.gnomedocutils;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.nix
index f1650d9650a..8a77d96475f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-{ input, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser, python
-, libxml2, libxslt, gettext
-}:
-
+args: with args;
 # !!! xml2po needs to store the path to libxml2
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -9,8 +6,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   buildInputs = [
     pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser python
-    libxml2 libxslt gettext
+    libxml2 libxslt gettext python libxml2Python
   ];
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
+
+  postInstall = "
+    mv \$out/bin/xml2po \$out/bin/.xml2po.orig
+    pythonPathLibXml2=\"\$(toPythonPath ${libxml2Python})\"
+    echo -e '#! ${stdenv.shell}\nPYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:'\"\$( toPythonPath \$out  )"+
+    ":\${pythonPathLibXml2//python2.5/python2.4}"+
+    ":\$( toPythonPath ${libxml2Python} )\""+
+    "' \$(dirname \$0)/.xml2po.orig \"\$@\"' > \$out/bin/xml2po;
+    chmod a+x \$out/bin/xml2po
+  ";
 }