diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
index 23c9bd9b370..6131314a22c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsf/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 	sha256 = "0vd8arjaavb3qywd9cm2gdn6ngrlyd99nlsj72par8fm60k48bhq";
   };
   buildInputs = [perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig libxml2 glib gettext bzip2
-  gnomevfs libbonobo];
+  gnomevfs libbonobo python];
 
   meta = {
 	  homepage = http://www.gnome.org/projects/libgsf;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6477aaa00d9..fb2e383cb20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1972,7 +1972,8 @@ rec {
   #};
 
   libgsf = import ../development/libraries/libgsf {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig libxml2 gettext bzip2;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig libxml2 gettext bzip2
+	python;
     inherit (gnome) glib gnomevfs libbonobo;
   };