diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
index 41fdcc8086b..281f985c121 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-terminal/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, libxslt, gnome3, pango
-, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, gconf }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, gnome3, pango
+, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, gconf, libuuid
+, desktop_file_utils, itstool, ncurses }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  versionMajor = "3.4";
-  versionMinor = "1.1";
+  versionMajor = "3.10";
+  versionMinor = "2";
 
   name = "gnome-terminal-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-terminal/${versionMajor}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1p9zqjmkxryf2kyghhhwwpsh4kd8y1jzzwc9zxghmpxszi9a5m0l";
+    sha256 = "04yrk9531f373nl64jx3pczsnq7a56mj3n436jbhjp74kp12fa70";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.vte gconf ];
+  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.vte
+                  gnome3.dconf gnome3.gconf itstool ncurses ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which libuuid libxml2 desktop_file_utils ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/vte/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/vte/default.nix
index ffc3aab8706..b0e522c0f29 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/vte/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/vte/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  versionMajor = "0.32";
-  versionMinor = "2";
+  versionMajor = "0.34";
+  versionMinor = "9";
   moduleName   = "vte";
   
   name = "${moduleName}-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${moduleName}/${versionMajor}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0sj837b9ib36gx00hzdinv23f7w91fd5mcw1p6wdi053yxqw17nn";
+    sha256 = "1q93dsxg56f57mxblmh8kn4v9kyc643j2pjf1j3mn2kxypnwaf3g";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig gnome3.glib gnome3.gtk ncurses ] ++
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/zenity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/zenity/default.nix
index 18b91d4f61e..366088c6729 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/zenity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/zenity/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cairo, libxml2, libxslt, gnome3, pango
-, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which }:
+, gnome_doc_utils, intltool, libX11, which, itstool }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
-  versionMajor = "3.4";
+  versionMajor = "3.8";
   versionMinor = "0";
 
   name = "zenity-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/zenity/${versionMajor}/zenity-${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1bqbfcvd3kj2xk15fvbcdaqvyg9qvymlhn8cwvg5m6v4gicniw2w";
+    sha256 = "0gsnwvhsqqba5i6d4jh86j29q4q18hmvhj9c1v76vwlj2nvz1ywl";
   };
 
-  configureFlags = "--disable-scrollkeeper";
-  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk libxml2 libxslt libX11 ];
+  buildInputs = [ gnome3.gtk libxml2 libxslt libX11 itstool ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gnome_doc_utils which ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
 }