diff --git a/component/gtk-2/buildout.cfg b/component/gtk-2/buildout.cfg
index 340b360031c4764693db0eea6a8b1c3428a8c947..d562cf2fb1ac5496d9875137fae9618d0ff5106e 100644
--- a/component/gtk-2/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/gtk-2/buildout.cfg
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extends =
   ../libtool/buildout.cfg
   ../m4/buildout.cfg
   ../perl/buildout.cfg
+  ../python-2.7/buildout.cfg
   ../pkgconfig/buildout.cfg
   ../xorg/buildout.cfg
   ../icu/buildout.cfg
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ configure-options =
   --disable-static
   --disable-gtk-doc-html
 environment =
-  PATH=${glib:location}/bin:${freetype:location}/bin:${pkgconfig:location}/bin:${xz-utils:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
+  PATH=${python2.7:location}/bin:${glib:location}/bin:${freetype:location}/bin:${pkgconfig:location}/bin:${xz-utils:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${:pkg_config_depends}
   CPPFLAGS=-I${bzip2:location}/include -I${zlib:location}/include
   LDFLAGS=-L${bzip2:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${bzip2:location}/lib -L${zlib:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${zlib:location}/lib -L${harfbuzz:location}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${harfbuzz:location}/lib