diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
index fe158312771..6c2713ee7f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitLab
 , stdenv
 , substituteAll
 , accountsservice
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1nmi5mf7bffjyb7sd6kcv151j0mfmlqpzy2spaaxhf4wxywbbdpn";
   };
+  # See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2020-September/msg00001.html
+  prePatch = (import ../gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix {
+    inherit fetchFromGitLab;
+  });
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     docbook_xsl
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
index 1dee170bd0a..0be77e56f6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
+, fetchFromGitLab
 , substituteAll
 , fetchurl
 , meson
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0bkrsqzyrxvnw2x1p2a67k3f692ih3i5pafnxqn1kbcsmdgmpvdp";
   };
 
+  # See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2020-September/msg00001.html
+  prePatch = (import ../gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix {
+    inherit fetchFromGitLab;
+  });
+
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./fix-paths.patch;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 4d578160c8c..cc8430d0b8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitLab
 , fetchpatch
 , substituteAll
 , stdenv
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "15qabakial0jcsqkq1xg4fsssarixq6aqqksikdfcpl7q0xl09n6";
   };
 
+  # See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2020-September/msg00001.html
+  prePatch = (import ../gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix {
+    inherit fetchFromGitLab;
+  });
+
   patches = [
     # Hardcode paths to various dependencies so that they can be found at runtime.
     (substituteAll {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2db2baf025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gvc-with-ucm-prePatch.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ fetchFromGitLab }:
+
+let
+  # We need a gvc different then that which is shipped in the source tarball of
+  # whatever package that imports this file
+  gvc-src-with-ucm = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+    owner = "GNOME";
+    repo = "libgnome-volume-control";
+    rev = "7a621180b46421e356b33972e3446775a504139c";
+    sha256 = "07rkgh9f7qcmlpy6jqh944axzh3z38f47g48ii842f2i3a1mrbw9";
+  };
+in
+''
+  rm -r ./subprojects/gvc
+  cp -r ${gvc-src-with-ucm} ./subprojects/gvc
+''