diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
index 4f64be02fd5..06398324491 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pavucontrol/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/pavucontrol" \
+     --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$XDG_ICON_DIRS"
   '';