diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
index 4953c860818..c16ab5583a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/desktop/gnome-doc-utils/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
   buildInputs = [ python libxml2Python libxslt ];
+  pythonPath = [ libxml2Python ];
   postInstall = "wrapPythonPrograms";
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool pythonPackages.wrapPython ];