diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libproxy/default.nix
index 16c90d0a1501..844d626f49e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libproxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libproxy/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 , networkmanager
 , spidermonkey_38
 , pcre
+, gsettings-desktop-schemas
+, glib
+, makeWrapper
 , python2
 , python3
 , SystemConfiguration
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkgconfig
     cmake
+    makeWrapper
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     CoreFoundation
     JavaScriptCore
   ] else [
+    glib
     spidermonkey_38
     dbus
     networkmanager
@@ -61,6 +66,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  postFixup = ''
+    # config_gnome3 uses the helper to find GNOME proxy settings
+    wrapProgram $out/libexec/pxgsettings --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/${gsettings-desktop-schemas.name}"
+  '';
+
   doCheck = false; # fails 1 out of 10 tests
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {