diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/bubblewrap-paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/bubblewrap-paths.patch
index 6c5989896cb..57eb4b3d44a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/bubblewrap-paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/bubblewrap-paths.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 -	    "--ro-bind", "/usr", "/usr",
 -	    "--ro-bind", "/etc/ld.so.cache", "/etc/ld.so.cache",
 +	    "@bubblewrap_bin@",
-+	    "--ro-bind", "/nix/store", "/nix/store",
++	    "--ro-bind", "@storeDir@", "@storeDir@",
 +	    "--ro-bind", "/run/current-system", "/run/current-system",
  	    NULL);
  
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/default.nix
index 6161ccde675..bac8504eeec 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-desktop/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, substituteAll, pkgconfig, libxslt, which, libX11, gnome3, gtk3, glib
-, gettext, libxml2, xkeyboard_config, isocodes, itstool, wayland
+, gettext, libxml2, xkeyboard_config, isocodes, itstool, wayland, fetchpatch
 , libseccomp, bubblewrap, gobject-introspection, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./bubblewrap-paths.patch;
       bubblewrap_bin = "${bubblewrap}/bin/bwrap";
+      inherit (builtins) storeDir;
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-missing-font-cache";
+      url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/commit/b87de7495160dbf48f01aa1ddb361fc2556ffd0c.patch;
+      sha256 = "1aw7lw93kcflmqmbx25cwja25441i8xzvgjm1pfsxvw3vr8j6scb";
     })
   ];