diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgdata/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgdata/default.nix
index 816ed6476e6..f430986cc47 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgdata/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 , gobjectIntrospection, liboauth, gnome3, p11-kit, openssl, uhttpmock }:
 
 let
-  majorVersion = "0.17";
+  pname = "libgdata";
+  version = "0.17.9";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libgdata-${majorVersion}.9";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libgdata/${majorVersion}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${gnome3.versionBranch version}/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0fj54yqxdapdppisqm1xcyrpgcichdmipq0a0spzz6009ikzgi45";
   };
 
@@ -20,8 +21,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ json-glib ];
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      attrPath = "gnome3.${pname}";
+      versionPolicy = "none"; # Stable version has not been updated for a long time.
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "GData API library";
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/libgdata;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin lethalman ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;