diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
index c752bac345b..9cddb9d913d 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/default.nix
@@ -259,4 +259,9 @@ rec {
     inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) gtk;
     inherit gnome_desktop libunique intltool GConf;
   };
+
+  gtkglext = import ./platform/gtkglext {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl mesa pkgconfig;
+    inherit (pkgs.gtkLibs) gtk;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..228cb822284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2.28/platform/gtkglext/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, mesa}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gtkglext-1.0.6";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gtkglext/1.0/gtkglext-1.0.6.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1a9kpw1jx6d0dyljgv6f8kj2xdmyvrkyfds879wxk8x6n60gpcdj";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk mesa ];
+}