diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
index cd1afcc8e758..ff88bb4bc78d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/default.nix
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ rec {
       pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser glib gtk libgnome libgnomeui
       libglade libgnomeprintui gnomedesktop gnomepanel libgtop
       scrollkeeper gnomedocutils gettext libxslt xlibs.libXmu intltool
+      which
     ]; 
 
     configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";