diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
index 01f8ae2533e6..14f25a91601c 100644
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
@@ -10,38 +10,103 @@
 # commit.
 { url ? null # The git url, if empty it will be set to src.url
 , branch ? null
+, stableVersion ? false # Use version format according to RFC 107 (i.e. LAST_TAG+date=YYYY-MM-DD)
+, tagPrefix ? "" # strip this prefix from a tag name when using stable version
 }:
 
 let
   updateScript = writeShellScript "unstable-update-script.sh" ''
     set -ex
 
-    url="$1"
+    url=""
+    branch=""
+    use_stable_version=""
+    tag_prefix=""
+
+    while (( $# > 0 )); do
+        flag="$1"
+        shift 1
+        case "$flag" in
+          --url=*)
+            url="''${flag#*=}"
+            ;;
+          --branch=*)
+            branch="''${flag#*=}"
+            ;;
+          --use-stable-version)
+            use_stable_version=1
+            ;;
+          --tag-prefix=*)
+            tag_prefix="''${flag#*=}"
+            ;;
+          *)
+            echo "$0: unknown option ‘''${flag}’"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
 
     # By default we set url to src.url
     if [[ -z "$url" ]]; then
         url="$(${nix}/bin/nix-instantiate $systemArg --eval -E \
-                   "with import ./. {}; $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.url" \
+                   "with import ./. {}; $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.url or $UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH.src.meta.homepage" \
             | tr -d '"')"
     fi
 
     # Get info about HEAD from a shallow git clone
     tmpdir="$(${coreutils}/bin/mktemp -d)"
-    ${git}/bin/git clone --bare --depth=1 \
-      ${lib.optionalString (branch != null) "--branch ${branch}"} \
-      "$url" "$tmpdir"
+
+    cloneArgs=(
+      --bare
+      --depth=1
+    )
+
+    if [[ -n "$branch" ]]; then
+        cloneArgs+=(--branch="$branch")
+    fi
+
+    ${git}/bin/git clone "''${cloneArgs[@]}" "$url" "$tmpdir"
+
     pushd "$tmpdir"
     commit_date="$(${git}/bin/git show -s --pretty='format:%cs')"
     commit_sha="$(${git}/bin/git show -s --pretty='format:%H')"
+    if [[ -z "$use_stable_version" ]]; then
+        new_version="unstable-$commit_date"
+    else
+        depth=100
+        while (( $depth < 10000 )); do
+            last_tag="$(${git}/bin/git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2> /dev/null || true)"
+            if [[ -n "$last_tag" ]]; then
+                break
+            fi
+            ${git}/bin/git fetch --depth="$depth" --tags
+            depth=$(( $depth * 2 ))
+        done
+        if [[ -z "$last_tag" ]]; then
+            echo "Cound not found a tag within last 10000 commits" > /dev/stderr
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        if [[ -n "$tag_prefix" ]]; then
+          last_tag="''${last_tag#$tag_prefix}"
+        fi
+        new_version="$last_tag+date=$commit_date"
+    fi
     popd
-    ${coreutils}/bin/rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+    # ${coreutils}/bin/rm -rf "$tmpdir"
 
     # update the nix expression
     ${common-updater-scripts}/bin/update-source-version \
         "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH" \
-        "unstable-$commit_date" \
+        "$new_version" \
         --rev="$commit_sha"
   '';
 
-in [ updateScript url ]
-
+in [
+  updateScript
+  "--url=${builtins.toString url}"
+] ++ lib.optionals (branch != null) [
+  "--branch=${branch}"
+] ++ lib.optionals stableVersion [
+  "--use-stable-version"
+  "--tag-prefix=${tagPrefix}"
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/dash-to-dock/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/dash-to-dock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c78a59af5237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/dash-to-dock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, glib
+, gettext
+, sassc
+, unstableGitUpdater
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock";
+  version = "71+date=2022-01-24";
+
+  # Temporarily switched to commit hash because stable version is buggy.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "micheleg";
+    repo = "dash-to-dock";
+    rev = "53114b4e000482a753e8b42dfa10d6057c08d1c6";
+    sha256 = "Gv78I/dxhc6FpjZWk10uHBfD24tHE4KdkpaAo8UZpwU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gettext
+    sassc
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "INSTALLBASE=${placeholder "out"}/share/gnome-shell/extensions"
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    extensionUuid = "dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com";
+    extensionPortalSlug = "dash-to-dock";
+
+    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+      stableVersion = true;
+      tagPrefix = "extensions.gnome.org-v";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A dock for the Gnome Shell";
+    homepage = "https://micheleg.github.io/dash-to-dock/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eperuffo jtojnar rhoriguchi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/extensionOverrides.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/extensionOverrides.nix
index da95f3244095..bc659b9a4438 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/extensionOverrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/extensionOverrides.nix
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ super: lib.trivial.pipe super [
     meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eperuffo ];
   }))
 
-  (patchExtension "dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com" (old: {
-    meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eperuffo jtojnar rhoriguchi ];
-  }))
-
   (patchExtension "ddterm@amezin.github.com" (old: {
     # Requires gjs, zenity & vte via the typelib
     nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection wrapGAppsHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/manuallyPackaged.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/manuallyPackaged.nix
index 28d0f32777a8..1ed840670643 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/manuallyPackaged.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/extensions/manuallyPackaged.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
   "arcmenu@arcmenu.com" = callPackage ./arcmenu { };
   "clock-override@gnomeshell.kryogenix.org" = callPackage ./clock-override { };
+  "dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com" = callPackage ./dash-to-dock { };
   "drop-down-terminal@gs-extensions.zzrough.org" = callPackage ./drop-down-terminal { };
   "EasyScreenCast@iacopodeenosee.gmail.com" = callPackage ./EasyScreenCast { };
   "emoji-selector@maestroschan.fr" = callPackage ./emoji-selector { };