diff --git a/srcpkgs/network-manager-applet/template b/srcpkgs/network-manager-applet/template
index c58b0eb7e1d..160c9ff270c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/network-manager-applet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/network-manager-applet/template
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 esac
 
 pre_build() {
-	export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${wrksrc}/src/libnma/.libs"
+	export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${wrksrc}/src/libnma/.libs:${wrksrc}/src/libnm-gtk/.libs"
 }
 
 libnm-gtk_package() {