diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/l2tp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/l2tp/default.nix
index d48d2e910f50..3cac1b5e63cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/l2tp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/l2tp/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
+    "--without-libnm-glib"
     "--with-gnome=${if withGnome then "yes" else "no"}"
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=$(out)/etc"