diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/bindings/gnome-python/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/bindings/gnome-python/default.nix
index ed794715ff8..41ca17bd5e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/bindings/gnome-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/bindings/gnome-python/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, libgnome, GConf, pygobject, pygtk, glib, gtk, pythonDBus}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, libgnome, GConf, pygobject, pygtk, glib, gtk, pythonDBus,  gnome_vfs}:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp bonobo/*.{py,defs} $out/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig pygobject pygtk glib gtk GConf libgnome pythonDBus ];
+  buildInputs = [ python pkgconfig pygobject pygtk glib gtk GConf libgnome pythonDBus gnome_vfs ];
 
   doCheck = false;