diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 26e96b5a3385..37a7d2578472 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, substituteAll, stdenv, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, gnome3, json-glib, libcroco, gettext, libsecret
+{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, substituteAll, stdenv, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, gnome3, json-glib, gettext, libsecret
 , python3, libsoup, polkit, clutter, networkmanager, docbook_xsl , docbook_xsl_ns, at-spi2-core
 , libstartup_notification, telepathy-glib, telepathy-logger, libXtst, unzip, glibcLocales, shared-mime-info
 , libgweather, libcanberra-gtk3, librsvg, geoclue2, perl, docbook_xml_dtd_42, desktop-file-utils
-, libpulseaudio, libical, gobject-introspection, gstreamer, wrapGAppsHook, libxslt, gcr
+, libpulseaudio, libical, gobject-introspection, wrapGAppsHook, libxslt, gcr
 , accountsservice, gdk-pixbuf, gdm, upower, ibus, libnma, libgnomekbd, gnome-desktop
 , gsettings-desktop-schemas, gnome-keyring, glib, gjs, mutter, evolution-data-server, gtk3
 , sassc, systemd, gst_all_1, adwaita-icon-theme, gnome-bluetooth, gnome-clocks, gnome-settings-daemon
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-shell";
-  version = "3.34.4";
+  version = "3.36.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-shell/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0rm32h7lv4vyadi9x32sb6fwxslarwk70yzmvzjxbq872cazp779";
+    sha256 = "1phkkkwrrigchz58xs324vf6snd1fm7mxa2iaqwwj526vh5c1s2q";
   };
 
   LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
@@ -31,45 +31,71 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     systemd
     gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome-keyring glib gcr json-glib accountsservice
-    libcroco libsecret libsoup polkit gdk-pixbuf librsvg
-    clutter networkmanager libstartup_notification telepathy-glib
+    libsecret libsoup polkit gdk-pixbuf librsvg
+    networkmanager libstartup_notification telepathy-glib
     libXtst gjs mutter libpulseaudio evolution-data-server
-    libical gtk3 gstreamer gdm libcanberra-gtk3 geoclue2
+    libical gtk3 gdm libcanberra-gtk3 geoclue2
     adwaita-icon-theme gnome-bluetooth
     gnome-clocks # schemas needed
     at-spi2-core upower ibus gnome-desktop telepathy-logger gnome-settings-daemon
-    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good # recording
     gobject-introspection
     gnome-autoar
 
+    # recording
+    gst_all_1.gstreamer
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
+
     # not declared at build time, but typelib is needed at runtime
     libgweather libnma
   ];
 
   patches = [
+    # Fix dependencies.
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1114
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "0001-build-Add-missing-dependency-to-run-js-test.patch";
       url = https://bug787864.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=360016;
       sha256 = "1dmahd8ysbzh33rxglba0fbq127aw9h14cl2a2bw9913vjxhxijm";
     })
+
+    # Hardcode paths to various dependencies so that they can be found at runtime.
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
       inherit libgnomekbd unzip;
       gsettings = "${glib.bin}/bin/gsettings";
     })
+
+    # Fix ibus launching regression.
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1080
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/94f6976ddd6337593203fdcdd2e3644774408dfa.patch";
+      sha256 = "PGmFQhqqd3gK+3kp0dlmlYd2G5ZTIQpfE++Q03Ghkx0=";
+    })
+
+    # Fix typing regression with ibus.
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1084
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/b18469427e5c19402111de5fe9888bceec0eaacd.patch";
+      sha256 = "1M+3kjt7K61BFgk1Zf9XfK1ziilQGa60PD8xtVjnQec=";
+    })
+
+    # Fix theming breakage after Shell restart on X11.
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/2329
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/72c4f148ef88b4bffb2106b99434da5c05c0bb64.patch";
+      sha256 = "RBA+JHz4ZvmbJZMnGNieD6D5LONRgFU4iOFIMQQ2kHQ=";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs src/data-to-c.pl
+    chmod +x meson/postinstall.py
+    patchShebangs meson/postinstall.py
 
     substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell-extension-tool.in --replace "@PYTHON@" "${pythonEnv}/bin/python"
     substituteInPlace src/gnome-shell-perf-tool.in --replace "@PYTHON@" "${pythonEnv}/bin/python"
   '';
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
-  '';
-
   preFixup = ''
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
       # Until glib’s xdgmime is patched