diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
index 0c33ed5b9acd..cbab2d4e9cd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpra/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    pillow pygtk pygobject rencode
+    pillow pygtk pygobject rencode pycrypto cryptography pycups lz4 dbus
   ];
 
   preBuild = ''
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/xpra \
       --set XKB_BINDIR "${xkbcomp}/bin" \
       --set FONTCONFIG_FILE "${fontsConf}" \
+      --set XPRA_LOG_DIR "\$HOME/.xpra" \
+      --set XPRA_INSTALL_PREFIX "$out" \
       --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libfakeXinerama}/lib \
       --prefix PATH : ${getopt}/bin:${xorgserver.out}/bin:${xauth}/bin:${which}/bin:${utillinux}/bin
   '';