diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
index 3862d822a7b..8a6ecc5d5e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, vala, libxslt, pkgconfig, glib, gtk3, gnome3, python3
-, libxml2, gettext, docbook_xsl, wrapGAppsHook, gobject-introspection }:
+, libxml2, gettext, docbook_xsl, hicolor-icon-theme, wrapGAppsHook, gobject-introspection }:
 
 let
   pname = "dconf-editor";
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1fmsmlh16njjm948grz20mzrsvb4wjj7pl1fvkrkxqi7mhr177gi";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja vala libxslt pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook gettext docbook_xsl libxml2 gobject-introspection python3 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja vala libxslt pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook
+    gettext docbook_xsl libxml2 gobject-introspection python3
+    hicolor-icon-theme # for setup-hook
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 gnome3.dconf ];