diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
index cce0ff46ca0..cb9b00f5279 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, glib, libnotify, lcms2, libXtst
 , libxkbfile, pulseaudio, libcanberra_gtk3, upower, colord, libgweather, polkit
 , geoclue2, librsvg, xf86_input_wacom, udev, libwacom, libxslt, libtool
-, docbook_xsl, docbook_xsl_ns, makeWrapper }:
+, docbook_xsl, docbook_xsl_ns, makeWrapper, ibus }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gnome-settings-daemon-3.10.2";
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0r42lzlgk0w40ws4d3s7yayn6n8zqlnh5b6k88gvgv1lwk39k240";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-ibus";
-
   # fatal error: gio/gunixfdlist.h: No such file or directory
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${glib}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
 
   buildInputs = with gnome3;
-    [ intltool pkgconfig gtk glib gsettings_desktop_schemas libnotify gnome_desktop
+    [ intltool pkgconfig ibus gtk glib gsettings_desktop_schemas libnotify gnome_desktop
       lcms2 libXtst libxkbfile pulseaudio libcanberra_gtk3 upower colord libgweather
       polkit geocode_glib geoclue2 librsvg xf86_input_wacom udev libwacom libxslt
       libtool docbook_xsl docbook_xsl_ns makeWrapper ];
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon-localeexec" \
       --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${glib}/bin" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gtk}/share:${gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/share"
   '';