diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
index 8659efe2c32..37199737fc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, substituteAll, pkgconfig, glib, itstool, libxml2, xorg
 , accountsservice, libX11, gnome3, systemd, autoreconfHook
 , gtk3, libcanberra-gtk3, pam, libtool, gobject-introspection, plymouth
-, librsvg, coreutils, xwayland }:
+, librsvg, coreutils, xwayland, nixos-icons }:
+
+let
+
+  icon = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/4f041870efa1a6f0799ef4b32bb7be2cafee7a74/logo/nixos.svg";
+    sha256 = "0b0dj408c1wxmzy6k0pjwc4bzwq286f1334s3cqqwdwjshxskshk";
+  };
+
+  override = substituteAll {
+    src = ./org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override;
+    inherit icon;
+  };
+
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gdm";
@@ -65,6 +79,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "dbusconfdir=$(out)/etc/dbus-1/system.d"
   ];
 
+  preInstall = ''
+    schema_dir=${glib.makeSchemaPath "$out" "${pname}-${version}"}
+    install -D ${override} $schema_dir/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = "gdm";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c17f494b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gdm/org.gnome.login-screen.gschema.override
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[org.gnome.login-screen]
+logo='@icon@'