diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..130c295801a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+addInputsHook=addBzip2
+addBzip2() {
+    bzip2=$(type -tP bzip2)
+    test -n $bzip2 || fail
+    buildInputs="$(dirname $(dirname $bzip2)) $buildInputs"
+}
+
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
index a63e6ecf445..cb119751f20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome/gnome-vfs/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ assert pkgconfig != null && perl != null && glib != null
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (input) name src;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
   buildInputs = [
     pkgconfig perl glib libxml2 GConf libbonobo
     gnomemimedata popt perlXMLParser