diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
index 6c82ad839e13..75eb1b4134c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, intltool, pkgconfig
-, gnome3, dbus, libnotify, isocodes, gobjectIntrospection, wayland }:
+, gnome3, atk, pygobject3, dbus, libnotify, isocodes, gobjectIntrospection, wayland }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ibus-${version}";
@@ -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
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preBuild = "patchShebangs ./scripts";
 
-  postInstall  = ''
+  postInstall = ''
     for f in "$out"/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram "$f" --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share"
+      wrapProgram "$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 GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${gnome3.dconf}/lib/gio/modules"
     done
   '';