diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index da2e9db73874..8309940c275e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ rec {
 
   libbonoboui = import ./libbonoboui.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 libglade
-            libgnome libgnomecanvas gettext;
+            libgnome libgnomecanvas gettext intltool;
     input = platform.libbonoboui;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/libbonoboui.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/libbonoboui.nix
index ba0b3aee0ad8..ca2d5a2f56f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/libbonoboui.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/libbonoboui.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { input, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, perlXMLParser, libxml2, libglade, libgnome
-, libgnomecanvas, gettext}:
+, libgnomecanvas, gettext, intltool }:
 
 assert pkgconfig != null && perl != null && libxml2 != null
   && libglade != null && libgnome != null && libgnomecanvas != null;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ assert pkgconfig != null && perl != null && libxml2 != null
 # TODO 2.8.1 doesn't work
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit (input) name src;
-  buildInputs = [pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libglade gettext];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libglade gettext intltool ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [libxml2 libgnome libgnomecanvas];
 
   LDFLAGS="-lglib-2.0"; # !!! why?