diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/apps/gnome-getting-started-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/apps/gnome-getting-started-docs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ab2ca89bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/apps/gnome-getting-started-docs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnome3, intltool, itstool, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-getting-started-docs-${gnome3.version}.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-getting-started-docs/${gnome3.version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "07wz35r6p9nvlshwcyjvhjnzbaw3bzadlhwz51c8nky7m7pdgmyy";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool itstool libxml2 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject;
+    description = "Help a new user get started in GNOME";
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    license = licenses.cc-by-sa-30;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
index d7cf6ad9de8..8251526bbd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ let
     gnome-clocks gnome-music gnome-tweak-tool gnome-photos
     nautilus-sendto dconf-editor vinagre gnome-weather gnome-logs
     gnome-maps gnome-characters gnome-calendar accerciser gnome-nettool
+    gnome-getting-started-docs
   ];
 
   gamesPackages = with gnome3; [ swell-foop lightsoff iagno
@@ -279,6 +280,8 @@ let
 
   gnome-documents = callPackage ./apps/gnome-documents { };
 
+  gnome-getting-started-docs = callPackage ./apps/gnome-getting-started-docs { };
+
   gnome-logs = callPackage ./apps/gnome-logs { };
 
   gnome-maps = callPackage ./apps/gnome-maps { };