diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
index 9cddb9d913d7..83bda71dc4bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
@@ -262,6 +262,6 @@ rec {
 
   gtkglext = import ./platform/gtkglext {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl mesa pkgconfig;
-    inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) gtk;
+    inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) gtk pango;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix
index 228cb8222848..2f9e268afbe2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, mesa}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, mesa, pango}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "gtkglext-1.0.6";
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = mirror://gnome/sources/gtkglext/1.0/gtkglext-1.0.6.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "1a9kpw1jx6d0dyljgv6f8kj2xdmyvrkyfds879wxk8x6n60gpcdj";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk mesa ];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lpango-1.0 -lpangox-1.0";
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk mesa pango ];
 }