diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/default.nix
index a13370e5c9a..0d21bf54666 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, itstool, libxml2, xorg, dbus
-, intltool, accountsservice, libX11, gnome3, systemd, gnome_session
+, intltool, accountsservice, libX11, gnome3, systemd, gnome_session, autoreconfHook
 , gtk, libcanberra_gtk3, pam, libtool, gobjectIntrospection }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                      "--with-systemd=yes"
                      "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$(out)/etc/systemd/system" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib itstool libxml2 intltool
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib itstool libxml2 intltool autoreconfHook
                   accountsservice gnome3.dconf systemd
                   gobjectIntrospection libX11 gtk
                   libcanberra_gtk3 pam libtool ];
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Disable Access Control because our X does not support FamilyServerInterpreted yet
   patches = [ ./xserver_path.patch ./sessions_dir.patch
-              ./disable_x_access_control.patch ./no-dbus-launch.patch ];
+              ./disable_x_access_control.patch ./no-dbus-launch.patch
+              ./libsystemd.patch ];
 
   installFlags = [ "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc" "dbusconfdir=$(out)/etc/dbus-1/system.d" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/libsystemd.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/libsystemd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4556f418cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.18/core/gdm/libsystemd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+https://github.com/GNOME/gdm/commit/eee5bf72c9bb1c1d62eb0e7102088ae3b9a188cd
+--- a/configure.ac	2016-05-27 11:10:44.589740789 +0200
++++ b/configure.ac	2016-05-27 11:11:00.146427723 +0200
+@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
+ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD,
+-                  [libsystemd-login >= 186 libsystemd-daemon],
++                  [libsystemd],
+                   [have_systemd=yes], [have_systemd=no])
+ 
+ if test "x$with_systemd" = "xauto" ; then
+@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(SYSTEMD_LIBS)
+ 
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(JOURNALD,
+-                  [libsystemd-journal],
++                  [libsystemd],
+                   [have_journald=yes], [have_journald=no])
+ 
+ if test "x$enable_systemd_journal" = "xauto" ; then