diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
index a8630381ebf..641d400886f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:$out/share/gsettings-schemas/${pname}-${version}" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${hicolor-icon-theme}/share" \
       --prefix PERL5LIB ":" "$PERL5LIB" \
+      --set GNC_DBD_DIR ${libdbiDrivers}/lib/dbd \
       --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${stdenv.lib.getLib dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
   '';