diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kde-runtime.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kde-runtime.nix
index b562d8cadd5c..2282ee57c2c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kde-runtime.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.10/kde-runtime.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 { kde, kdelibs, shared_desktop_ontologies, bzip2, libssh, exiv2, attica
 , libcanberra, virtuoso, samba, libjpeg, ntrack, pkgconfig, qca2, xz, pulseaudio
-, networkmanager, kactivities, kdepimlibs, openexr, ilmbase
+, networkmanager, kactivities, kdepimlibs, openexr, ilmbase, config
 }:
 
+let libcanberraWithoutGTK = if (config ? kde_runtime && config.kde_runtime ? libcanberraWithoutGTK)
+                            then config.kde_runtime.libcanberraWithoutGTK
+                            else true;
+
+    canberra = if libcanberraWithoutGTK
+               then libcanberra.override { gtk = null; }
+               else libcanberra;
+in
+
 kde {
   buildInputs = [
     kdelibs attica xz bzip2 libssh libjpeg exiv2 ntrack
-    qca2 samba (libcanberra.override { gtk = null; }) pulseaudio
+    qca2 samba canberra pulseaudio
     networkmanager kactivities kdepimlibs openexr
 #todo: add openslp
   ];