diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
index 7db869dc3b4..d2792304016 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-documents/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, meson, ninja, gettext, fetchurl, evince, gjs
+{ stdenv, meson, ninja, gettext, fetchurl, fetchpatch, evince, gjs
 , pkgconfig, gtk3, glib, tracker, tracker-miners
 , itstool, libxslt, webkitgtk, libgdata
 , gnome-desktop, libzapojit, libgepub
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gnome-desktop libzapojit libgepub
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix RPATH to libgd
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-documents/commit/d18a92e0a940073ac766f609937539e4fc6cdbb7.patch";
+      sha256 = "0s3mk8vrl1gzk93yvgqbnz44i27qw1d9yvvmnck3fv23phrxkzk9";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_post_install.py # patchShebangs requires executable file
     patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/eog/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/eog/default.nix
index 679974f28f9..5b6281869cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/eog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/eog/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
   '';
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(
+      # Thumbnailers
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gdk_pixbuf}/share"
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${librsvg}/share"
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${shared-mime-info}/share"
+    )
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = pname;