diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
index 16f7db941b67..75eb1b4134c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1v4a9xv2k26g6ggk4282ynfvh68j2r5hg1cdpvnryfa8c2pkdaq2";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--enable-dconf --disable-memconf --enable-ui --enable-python-library";
+  configureFlags = "--disable-gconf --enable-dconf --disable-memconf --enable-ui --enable-python-library";
 
   buildInputs = [
     makeWrapper python gnome3.glib wayland
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       wrapProgram "$f" --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share" \
                        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath ${pygobject3})" \
                        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${gnome3.gtk3}/lib:${atk}/lib:$out/lib" \
-                       --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH:$out/lib/girepository-1.0"
+                       --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH:$out/lib/girepository-1.0" \
+                       --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
     done
   '';