diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
index bcb49b6cafe..4a394b3b897 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  patches = [ ./search_providers_dir.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./search_providers_dir.patch ./vpn_plugins_path.patch ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Single sign-on framework for GNOME";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/vpn_plugins_path.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/vpn_plugins_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e25105a303f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/gnome-control-center/vpn_plugins_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/panels/network/connection-editor/vpn-helpers.c b/panels/network/connection-editor/vpn-helpers.c
+index 7dc23c2..fcb1384 100644
+--- a/panels/network/connection-editor/vpn-helpers.c
++++ b/panels/network/connection-editor/vpn-helpers.c
+@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@ vpn_get_plugins (GError **error)
+ 		if (!so_path)
+ 			goto next;
+ 
+-		/* Remove any path and extension components, then reconstruct path
+-		 * to the SO in LIBDIR
+-		 */
+-		so_name = g_path_get_basename (so_path);
+-		g_free (so_path);
+-		so_path = g_build_filename (NM_VPN_MODULE_DIR, so_name, NULL);
+-		g_free (so_name);
+-
+ 		module = g_module_open (so_path, G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY | G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL);
+ 		if (!module) {
+ 			g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED, "Cannot load the VPN plugin which provides the "