diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/vte/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/vte/default.nix
index f4fccf5fa8de..51051918f105 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/vte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/vte/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  preBuild = "patchShebangs ./src";
+
   postInstall = ''
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/libvte2_90.la --replace "-lncurses" "-L${ncurses}/lib -lncurses"
   '';