diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-connections/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-connections/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..676e2359995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-connections/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, gnome3
+, meson
+, ninja
+, vala
+, pkg-config
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, python3
+, libxml2
+, gtk-vnc
+, gettext
+, desktop-file-utils
+, appstream-glib
+, gobject-introspection
+, freerdp
+, wrapGAppsHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gnome-connections";
+  version = "3.38.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/connections/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/connections-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-Eob36/zoWIGdYMpWks280FoIHGL7AHUhinFA4cEqels=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    desktop-file-utils
+    gettext
+    glib # glib-compile-resources
+    meson
+    appstream-glib
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    vala
+    wrapGAppsHook
+
+    # for gtk-frdp subproject
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk-vnc
+    gtk3
+    libxml2
+
+    # for gtk-frdp subproject
+    freerdp
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    chmod +x build-aux/meson/postinstall.py
+    patchShebangs build-aux/meson/postinstall.py
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/connections";
+    description = "A remote desktop client for the GNOME desktop environment";
+    maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5b3f00c96be..27e7730883a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25862,6 +25862,8 @@ in
     mediaplayer = throw "gnomeExtensions.mediaplayer deprecated since 2019-09-23: retired upstream https://github.com/JasonLG1979/gnome-shell-extensions-mediaplayer/blob/master/README.md";
   };
 
+  gnome-connections = callPackage ../desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-connections { };
+
   gnome-tour = callPackage ../desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-tour { };
 
   hsetroot = callPackage ../tools/X11/hsetroot { };