diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
index 127aa5bf79b..9e86297e1ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, substituteAll, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, gnome3, glib, gtk3, gsettings-desktop-schemas
 , gnome-desktop, dbus, json-glib, libICE, xmlto, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_412, python3
-, libxslt, gettext, makeWrapper, systemd, xorg, epoxy, gnugrep, bash }:
+, libxslt, gettext, makeWrapper, systemd, xorg, epoxy, gnugrep, bash, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-session";
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   patches = [
+    # Fix debug spam when using systemd session
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/issues/31
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/commit/adfdf7f64f08fc07325f9332e9eba46974cc30ee.patch";
+      sha256 = "0vjg77gpj3k63a5ffhsvv5m30lbj6cab35lhl4gpqxg4j2j3yy7y";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/commit/b7b24627485c520f873db4e918e217a76ededd8c.patch";
+      sha256 = "1d8pw8q423wvv0cd32p0yf52vlfj7w1if2gljqvarcm2n1m0pdxj";
+    })
+
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
       gsettings = "${glib.bin}/bin/gsettings";