diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
index 6cb8ff336a0d..c00f0a9c37b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gnome-common/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ which ]; # autogen.sh which is using gnome_common tends to require which
 
   patches = [(fetchurl {
+    name = "gnome-common-patch";
     url = "https://bug697543.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=240935";
     sha256 = "17abp7czfzirjm7qsn2czd03hdv9kbyhk3lkjxg2xsf5fky7z7jl";
   })];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-common/default.nix
index 98b7a1f8b63a..2762b3fa33bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-common/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [(fetchurl {
+    name = "gnome-common-3-patch";
     url = "https://bug697543.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=240935";
     sha256 = "17abp7czfzirjm7qsn2czd03hdv9kbyhk3lkjxg2xsf5fky7z7jl";
   })];