diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
index f1423f883d4e..58afc0ab85d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , libxml2, polkit, libxslt, libgtop, libsoup, colord, colord-gtk
 , cracklib, libkrb5, networkmanagerapplet, networkmanager, glibc
 , libwacom, samba, shared-mime-info, tzdata, libtool, libgnomekbd
-, docbook_xsl, modemmanager, clutter, clutter-gtk, cheese
+, docbook_xsl, modemmanager, clutter, clutter-gtk, cheese, gnome-session
 , fontconfig, sound-theme-freedesktop, grilo, python3 }:
 
 let
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs build-aux/meson/meson_post_install.py
   '';
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dgnome_session_libexecdir=${gnome-session}/libexec"
+  ];
+
   preFixup = ''
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${sound-theme-freedesktop}/share"