diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/ctl.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/ctl.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bc18d5379f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/ctl.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, glib
+, systemd
+, wrapGAppsHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gnome-session-ctl";
+  version = "3.38.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nix-community";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "c20907fea27fa96568b8375a6756c40d0bfb9e40"; # main
+    hash = "sha256-y9/yOH6N8wf93+gPqnqzRzV/lPXYD0M6v7dsLFF8lWo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "gnome-session-ctl extracted from gnome-session for nixpkgs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nix-community/gnome-session-ctl";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 846eefa9fa9..302ad2c21aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   gnome-session = callPackage ./core/gnome-session { };
 
+  gnome-session-ctl = callPackage ./core/gnome-session/ctl.nix { };
+
   gnome-shell = callPackage ./core/gnome-shell { };
 
   gnome-shell-extensions = callPackage ./core/gnome-shell-extensions { };