diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 0c662070cef..76e5bd13522 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , libstartup_notification, telepathy-glib, telepathy-logger, libXtst, unzip, glibcLocales, shared-mime-info
 , libgweather, libcanberra-gtk3, librsvg, geoclue2, perl, docbook_xml_dtd_42, desktop-file-utils
 , libpulseaudio, libical, gobject-introspection, gstreamer, wrapGAppsHook, libxslt, gcr
-, accountsservice, gdk_pixbuf, gdm, upower, ibus, networkmanagerapplet
+, accountsservice, gdk_pixbuf, gdm, upower, ibus, networkmanagerapplet, libgnomekbd
 , sassc, systemd, gst_all_1 }:
 
 # http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/gnome-base/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-3.10.2.1.ebuild?revision=1.3&view=markup
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
-      inherit (gnome3) libgnomekbd;
-      inherit unzip;
+      inherit libgnomekbd unzip;
     })
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 0f0758f0111..f030201927a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   inherit (pkgs) atk glib gobject-introspection gspell webkitgtk gtk3 gtkmm3
     libgtop libgudev libhttpseverywhere librsvg libsecret gdk_pixbuf gtksourceview gtksourceviewmm gtksourceview4
     easytag meld orca rhythmbox shotwell gnome-usage
-    clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtk-vnc libdazzle libgda libgit2-glib libgxps libgdata libgepub libcroco libpeas libgee geocode-glib libgweather librest libzapojit libmediaart gfbgraph gexiv2 folks totem-pl-parser gcr gsound;
+    clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtk-vnc libdazzle libgda libgit2-glib libgxps libgdata libgepub libcroco libpeas libgee geocode-glib libgweather librest libzapojit libmediaart gfbgraph gexiv2 folks totem-pl-parser gcr gsound libgnomekbd;
 
   libsoup = pkgs.libsoup.override { gnomeSupport = true; };
   libchamplain = pkgs.libchamplain.override { libsoup = libsoup; };
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   libgnome-keyring = callPackage ./core/libgnome-keyring { };
 
-  libgnomekbd = callPackage ./core/libgnomekbd { };
-
   gnome-online-accounts = callPackage ./core/gnome-online-accounts { };
 
   gnome-online-miners = callPackage ./core/gnome-online-miners { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgnomekbd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnomekbd/default.nix
similarity index 73%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgnomekbd/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/libgnomekbd/default.nix
index a9b27fa65a4..20a9bb91604 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgnomekbd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnomekbd/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, file, intltool, glib, gtk3, libxklavier, makeWrapper, gnome3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libgnomekbd-${version}";
+  pname = "libgnomekbd";
   version = "3.26.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgnomekbd/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "ea3b418c57c30615f7ee5b6f718def7c9d09ce34637324361150744258968875";
   };
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = "libgnomekbd"; attrPath = "gnome3.libgnomekbd"; };
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = pname; };
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig file intltool makeWrapper ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cfa040bc2f2..ac3301060f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10786,6 +10786,8 @@ in
   libgnome-keyring = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnome-keyring { };
   libgnome-keyring3 = gnome3.libgnome-keyring;
 
+  libgnomekbd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnomekbd { };
+
   libglvnd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libglvnd { };
 
   libgnurl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnurl { };