diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
index 548783abf793..929ed44b7529 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl_gnome }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchurl_gnome, which }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = src.pkgname;
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     major = "2"; minor = "34"; patchlevel = "0";
     sha256 = "1pz13mpp09q5s3bikm8ml92s1g0scihsm4iipqv1ql3mp6d4z73s";
   };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ which ]; # autogen.sh which is using gnome_common tends to require which
+
+  patches = [(fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bug697543.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=240935";
+    sha256 = "17abp7czfzirjm7qsn2czd03hdv9kbyhk3lkjxg2xsf5fky7z7jl";
+  })];
 }