diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
index 9d8c12b70bd..7ac522efe06 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ let
 
   gdl = callPackage ./devtools/gdl { };
 
+  gnome-devel-docs = callPackage ./devtools/gnome-devel-docs { };
+
 #### Games
 
   aisleriot = callPackage ./games/aisleriot { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/devtools/gnome-devel-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/devtools/gnome-devel-docs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0daa0405b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/devtools/gnome-devel-docs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnome3, intltool, itstool, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-devel-docs-${gnome3.version}.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-devel-docs/${gnome3.version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1jkh40ya5mqss57p27b1hv77x5qis4zc377pyvzqa5wkzrvd0nls";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool itstool libxml2 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-devel-docs;
+    description = "Developer documentation for GNOME";
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    license = licenses.fdl12;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}