diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix
index c259f700573..e0c1a6201e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xlibs
-, gdk_pixbuf, xz
+, gdk_pixbuf, xz, libintlOrEmpty
 , xineramaSupport ? true
 , cupsSupport ? true, cups ? null
 }:
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${cairo}/include/cairo";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
     [ xlibs.xlibs glib atk pango gdk_pixbuf cairo
-      xlibs.libXrandr xlibs.libXrender xlibs.libXcomposite xlibs.libXi
-    ]
+      xlibs.libXrandr xlibs.libXrender xlibs.libXcomposite xlibs.libXi ]
+    ++ libintlOrEmpty
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional xineramaSupport xlibs.libXinerama
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals cupsSupport [ cups ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index afd7b4c039b..3e0016e1b9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4089,7 +4089,9 @@ let
 
   gdk_pixbuf = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/2.26.x.nix { };
 
-  gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix { };
+  gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/2.24.x.nix {
+    cupsSupport = config.gtk2.cups or true;
+  };
   gtk3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/3.2.x.nix { });
   gtk = pkgs.gtk2;