diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/gnome-menus.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/gnome-menus.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe332355626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/gnome-menus.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, glib}: 
+let
+  version = "3.10.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnome-menus-${version}";
+  
+    src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-menus/3.10/gnome-menus-3.10.1.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0wcacs1vk3pld8wvrwq7fdrm11i56nrajkrp6j1da6jc4yx0m5a6";
+  };
+  
+  
+  preBuild = "patchShebangs ./scripts";
+
+  buildInputs=[ intltool pkgconfig glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.gnome.org";
+    description = "Gnome menu specification " ;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac304ad462b..71bd2dc615c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9576,6 +9576,12 @@ let
 
   ### DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS
 
+  cinnamon = recurseIntoAttrs rec{
+    callPackage=pkgs.newScope pkgs.cinnamon;
+    inherit (gnome3) gnome_common ; 
+    gnome_menus = callPackage ../desktops/cinnamon/gnome-menus.nix { } ;
+ };
+
   enlightenment = callPackage ../desktops/enlightenment { };
 
   e17 = recurseIntoAttrs (