diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index 84f74ef6dd03cc..46d91884fcd359 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook,
   fuse, libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps,
   libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXi, libXrender, libXrandr, libXtst,
-  pkgconfig, glib, gtk3, gtkmm3, iproute, dbus, systemd, which,
+  pkgconfig, glib, gdk-pixbuf-xlib, gtk3, gtkmm3, iproute, dbus, systemd, which,
   withX ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ fuse glib icu libdnet libmspack openssl pam procps xercesc ]
-      ++ lib.optionals withX [ gtk3 gtkmm3 libX11 libXext libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];
+      ++ lib.optionals withX [ gdk-pixbuf-xlib gtk3 gtkmm3 libX11 libXext libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];
+
+  patches = [ 
+    ./recognize_nixos.patch 
+    ./find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch #See https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/438
+  ];
 
-  patches = [ ./recognize_nixos.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
      # Build bugfix for 10.1.0, stolen from Arch PKGBUILD
      mkdir -p common-agent/etc/config
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6606c50e77d958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/find_gdk_pixbuf_xlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am b/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
+index a0d8e391..899cd4e9 100644
+--- a/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/appUtil/Makefile.am
+@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ libAppUtil_la_SOURCES =
+ libAppUtil_la_SOURCES += appUtil.c
+ libAppUtil_la_SOURCES += appUtilX11.c
+ 
+-AM_CFLAGS = @GTK_CPPFLAGS@
++AM_CFLAGS =
++AM_CFLAGS += @GTK_CPPFLAGS@
++AM_CFLAGS += @GDK_PIXBUF_XLIB2_CPPFLAGS@