diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
index 111b985bdb37..b2e37344afc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/build-vm-legacy.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bash, unzip, glibc, openssl, gcc, mesa, freetype, xorg, alsaLib, cairo, ... }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bash, unzip, glibc, openssl, gcc, mesa, freetype, xorg, alsaLib, cairo, libuuid, makeWrapper, ... }:
 
 { name, src, ... }:
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cd build/
   '';
   resources = ./resources;
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$prefix/lib/$name"
 
@@ -40,10 +41,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     chmod +x $prefix/bin/pharo-cog
 
+    # Add cairo library to the library path.
+    wrapProgram $prefix/bin/pharo-cog --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+
     ln -s "${pharo-share}/lib/"*.sources $prefix/lib/$name
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ bash unzip cmake glibc openssl gcc mesa freetype xorg.libX11 xorg.libICE xorg.libSM alsaLib cairo pharo-share ];
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ cairo mesa freetype openssl libuuid alsaLib xorg.libICE xorg.libSM ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip cmake gcc makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ bash glibc openssl mesa freetype xorg.libX11 xorg.libICE xorg.libSM alsaLib cairo pharo-share ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Clean and innovative Smalltalk-inspired environment";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix
index 6d84981e7add..e6269503a4c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, callPackage, callPackage_i686, ...} @pkgs:
+{ stdenv, callPackage, callPackage_i686, makeWrapper, ...} @pkgs:
 
 let
   i686    = callPackage_i686 ./vms.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix
index 15e8c3ef06e9..bd1bddc69e96 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/pharo/vm/vms.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ cmake, stdenv, fetchurl, bash, unzip, glibc, openssl, gcc, mesa, freetype, xorg, alsaLib, cairo, libuuid, autoreconfHook, gcc6, fetchFromGitHub } @args:
+{ cmake, stdenv, fetchurl, bash, unzip, glibc, openssl, gcc, mesa, freetype, xorg, alsaLib, cairo, libuuid, autoreconfHook, gcc6, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper} @args:
 
 let
   pharo-vm-build = import ./build-vm.nix args;