diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..303bcd2208ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, iconnamingutils, gtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-icon-theme-3.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-icon-theme/3.6/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0i8hkx2c1g5ckrvbkvs9n47i8fby8p9xs6p5l0mxdx9aq4smak9i";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool iconnamingutils gtk ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index f2adac8d97a8..75e20ef0d502 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ rec {
 
   gcr = callPackage ./core/gcr { }; # ToDo: tests fail
 
+  gnome_icon_theme = callPackage ./core/gnome-icon-theme { };
+
   gnome_keyring = callPackage ./core/gnome-keyring { };
   libgnome_keyring = callPackage ./core/libgnome-keyring { };