diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40426986182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, glib, dbus_glib, json_glib, upower
+, libxslt, intltool, makeWrapper }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-session-3.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-session/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1k59yss7r748nvr0cdjrqmx0zy26b93rfn66lsdg9fz60x77087n";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with gnome3;
+    [ pkgconfig glib gnome_desktop gtk dbus_glib json_glib libxslt 
+      gsettings_desktop_schemas upower intltool gconf makeWrapper ];
+
+  # TODO: dbus, gnome-shell, gnome-settings-daemon
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gnome-session" \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 1100be9ce25..b366b8b9a29 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome_online_accounts = callPackage ./core/gnome-online-accounts { };
 
+  gnome_session = callPackage ./core/gnome-session { };
+
   gnome_terminal = callPackage ./core/gnome-terminal { };
 
   gnome_themes_standard = callPackage ./core/gnome-themes-standard { };