diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91fbe67957fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-system-monitor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtkmm3, libxml2
+, bash, gtk3, glib, hicolor_icon_theme, makeWrapper
+, itstool, gnome3, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, libgtop }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-system-monitor-3.10.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-system-monitor/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "bd009e15672afe4ad3ebd7ed286cce79b9f76420fd39bc77a5826b29134b9db0";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg
+                            hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ bash pkgconfig gtk3 glib intltool itstool libxml2
+                  gtkmm3 libgtop makeWrapper
+                  gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas ];
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gnome-system-monitor" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share:${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$out/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-system-monitor/3.10/;
+    description = "System Monitor shows you what programs are running and how much processor time, memory, and disk space are being used";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 0a9a0b39aaf1..dac1a730eb0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome-system-log = callPackage ./core/gnome-system-log { };
 
+  gnome-system-monitor = callPackage ./core/gnome-system-monitor { };
+
   gnome_terminal = callPackage ./core/gnome-terminal { };
 
   gnome_themes_standard = callPackage ./core/gnome-themes-standard { };