diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix
index 352a908c1d7e..850981c5d338 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , libnotify, libsecret, dbus_glib, polkit, isocodes, libgnome_keyring 
 , mobile_broadband_provider_info, glib_networking, gsettings_desktop_schemas
 , makeWrapper, networkmanager_openvpn, networkmanager_vpnc
-, networkmanager_openconnect, networkmanager_pptp, udev, hicolor_icon_theme }:
+, networkmanager_openconnect, networkmanager_pptp, udev, hicolor_icon_theme, dconf }:
 
 let
   pn = "network-manager-applet";
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/nm-applet" \
-      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib_networking}/lib/gio/modules" \
+      --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${glib_networking}/lib/gio/modules:${dconf}/lib/gio/modules" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gtk}/share:$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
       --set GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE "xml::~/.gconf" \
       --prefix PATH ":" "${gnome3.gconf}/bin"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbbfa940abb2..f2edd1f42b61 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ let
 
   networkmanager_openconnect = callPackage ../tools/networking/network-manager/openconnect.nix { };
 
-  networkmanagerapplet = newScope gnome ../tools/networking/network-manager-applet { };
+  networkmanagerapplet = newScope gnome ../tools/networking/network-manager-applet { dconf = gnome3.dconf; };
 
   newsbeuter = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter { };