diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d2d406876b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnome3, iconnamingutils, gtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-icon-theme-symbolic-3.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "344e88e5f9dac3184bf012d9bac972110df2133b93d76f2ad128d4c9cbf41412";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-icon-mapping";
+
+  # Avoid postinstall make hooks
+  installPhase = ''
+    make install-exec-am install-data-local install-pkgconfigDATA
+    make -C src install
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig iconnamingutils gtk];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index b8832f6207a..3ba51f94eba 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome_icon_theme = callPackage ./core/gnome-icon-theme { };
 
+  gnome_icon_theme_symbolic = callPackage ./core/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic { };
+
   gnome-menus = callPackage ./core/gnome-menus { };
 
   gnome_keyring = callPackage ./core/gnome-keyring { };