diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index f4230fd1dd26..4f876b9b111c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ in {
         gnome3.yelp
         pkgs.glib_networking
         pkgs.ibus
+        gnome3.gnome-backgrounds
         gnome3.gnome_shell
         gnome3.gnome_settings_daemon
         gnome3.gnome_terminal
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-backgrounds/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-backgrounds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41f75e6e3c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-backgrounds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-backgrounds-3.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-backgrounds/3.12/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "77a893025a0bed5753631a810154cad53fb2cf34c8ee988016217cd8862eab42";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index b4bb2c8320e6..00bc653c1f92 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ rec {
 
   gjs = callPackage ./core/gjs { };
 
+  gnome-backgrounds = callPackage ./core/gnome-backgrounds { };
+
   gnome_control_center = callPackage ./core/gnome-control-center { };
 
   gnome-calculator = callPackage ./core/gnome-calculator { };