diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/dwb/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/dwb/default.nix
index 855593ec11d6..438710f10245 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/dwb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/dwb/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, makeWrapper, libsoup, webkit, gtk3, gnutls, json_c,
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, makeWrapper, libsoup, webkitgtk2, gtk2, gnutls, json_c,
   m4, glib_networking, gsettings_desktop_schemas, dconf }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "04p9frsnh1qz067cw36anvr41an789fba839svdjrdva0f2751g8";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper gsettings_desktop_schemas libsoup webkit gtk3 gnutls json_c m4 ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper gsettings_desktop_schemas libsoup webkitgtk2 gtk2 gnutls json_c m4 ];
 
   # There are Xlib and gtk warnings therefore I have set Wno-error
-  preBuild=''
-    makeFlagsArray=(CPPFLAGS="-Wno-error" GTK=3 PREFIX=$out);
-  '';
+  makeFlags = ''PREFIX=$(out) GTK=2 CPPFLAGS="-Wno-error"'';
 
   preFixup=''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/dwb" \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 599dcc426194..1f7ad111fb15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8307,6 +8307,10 @@ let
 
   dwb = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/dwb { dconf = gnome3.dconf; };
 
+  dwbWrapper = wrapFirefox
+    { browser = dwb; browserName = "dwb"; desktopName = "dwb";
+    };
+
   dwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm {
     patches = config.dwm.patches or [];
   };