diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
index 73a947414794..4287dc2bf946 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/libglade/default.nix
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "pkg-config" "$PKG_CONFIG"
   '';
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgmodule-2.0";
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgmodule-2.0";
 }