diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
index cf45dfa86407..c44bf5f0bd88 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
-, libX11, libXmu, libXpm, gtk2, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, librsvg
+, libX11, libXmu, libXpm, gtk2, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, librsvg, gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf-xlib
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "e14542cc81ea06e64dd4708546f5fd3f5e01884c3e4617885c7ef22af8cf3965";
   };
   buildInputs =
-    [ pkgconfig libX11 libXmu libXpm gtk2 libpng libjpeg libtiff librsvg ];
+    [ pkgconfig libX11 libXmu libXpm gtk2 libpng libjpeg libtiff librsvg gdk-pixbuf gdk-pixbuf-xlib.dev ];
 
   preConfigure = "patchShebangs .";
 
+  postConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace config.mk \
+      --replace "CFLAGSX =" "CFLAGSX = -I${gdk-pixbuf-xlib.dev}/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0"
+  '';
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS="-lX11";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {