diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libpeas/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libpeas/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2f9522046b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libpeas/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, gobjectIntrospection }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libpeas-${version}";
+  version = "1.9.0";
+
+  buildInputs = with gnome3; [ intltool pkgconfig glib gobjectIntrospection gtk3 ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/eog/1.9/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "13fzyzv6c0cfdj83z1s16lv8k997wpnzyzr0wfwcfkcmvz64g1q0";
+  };
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 5fa285ea3bd..6d201759029 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ rec {
 
   libcroco = callPackage ./core/libcroco {};
 
+  libpeas = callPackage ./core/libpeas {};
+
   libgweather = callPackage ./core/libgweather { };
 
   vte = callPackage ./core/vte { };