diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 4f623c3ef9c..a769914499d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
   ./services/desktops/accountservice.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/at-spi2-core.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/evolution-data-server.nix
+  ./services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-documents.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-keyring.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-online-accounts.nix
   ./services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-online-miners.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-documents.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-documents.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f7592c0b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-documents.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# GNOME Documents daemon.
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.gnome3.gnome-documents = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable GNOME Documents services, a document
+          manager application for GNOME.
+        '';
+      };
+
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf config.services.gnome3.gnome-documents.enable {
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.gnome-documents ];
+
+    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.gnome-documents ];
+
+    services.gnome3.gnome-online-accounts.enable = true;
+
+    services.gnome3.gnome-online-miners.enable = true;
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 0d2aa729a33..d258614cc08 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ in {
     services.accounts-daemon.enable = true;
     services.gnome3.at-spi2-core.enable = true;
     services.gnome3.evolution-data-server.enable = true;
+    services.gnome3.gnome-documents.enable = mkDefault true;
     services.gnome3.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
     services.gnome3.gnome-online-accounts.enable = mkDefault true;
     services.gnome3.gnome-user-share.enable = mkDefault true;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b393bb43931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, evince, gjs
+, pkgconfig, gtk3, glib, hicolor_icon_theme
+, makeWrapper, itstool, libxslt, webkitgtk
+, gnome3, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, libsoup, docbook_xsl
+, gobjectIntrospection, json_glib
+, gmp, desktop_file_utils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-documents-3.10.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-documents/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "2b7267c9c4e5767039632cb31877ed2e57f994b657e8863dd79af5287db45745";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk3 glib intltool itstool libxslt
+                  docbook_xsl desktop_file_utils
+                  gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas makeWrapper gmp
+                  gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg evince
+                  libsoup webkitgtk gjs gobjectIntrospection gnome3.rest
+                  gnome3.tracker gnome3.libgdata gnome3.gnome_online_accounts
+                  gnome3.gnome_desktop gnome3.libzapojit json_glib
+                  hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preFixup =
+    let
+      libPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath
+        [ evince gtk3 gnome3.tracker gnome3.gnome_online_accounts ];
+    in
+    ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/gnome-documents --replace gapplication "${glib}/bin/gapplication"
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gnome-documents" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "${libPath}" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" \
+      --run "if [ -z \"\$XDG_CACHE_DIR\" ]; then XDG_CACHE_DIR=\$HOME/.cache; fi; if [ -w \"\$XDG_CACHE_DIR/..\" ]; then mkdir -p \"\$XDG_CACHE_DIR/gnome-documents\"; fi"
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Documents;
+    description = "Document manager application designed to work with GNOME 3";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 952fd15d6a1..34c663a779c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ rec {
 
   glade = callPackage ./apps/glade { };
 
+  gnome-documents = callPackage ./apps/gnome-documents { };
+
   gnome-music = callPackage ./apps/gnome-music { };
 
   # scrollkeeper replacement