diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 63832b1575f..2972779bc2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
   gsettings_desktop_schemas = callPackage ./platform/gsettings-desktop-schemas.nix {};
 
   GConf = callPackage ./platform/GConf.nix { };
+
+  gnome_user_docs = callPackage ./platform/gnome-user-docs.nix { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/gnome-user-docs.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/gnome-user-docs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f434b5c155c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/gnome-user-docs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xz, itstool, libxml2, gettext }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnome-user-docs-3.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-user-docs/3.2/gnome-user-docs-3.2.2.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "1ka0nw2kc85p10y8x31v0wv06a88k7qrgafp4ys04y9fzz0rkcjj";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ xz itstool libxml2 gettext ];
+}