diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef088632897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, vala, gettext, libxml2, gobjectIntrospection, gtk-doc, wrapGAppsHook, glib, gssdp, gupnp, gupnp-av, gupnp-dlna, gst_all_1, libgee, libsoup, gtk3, libmediaart, sqlite, systemd, tracker, shared-mime-info, gnome3 }:
+
+let
+  pname = "rygel";
+  version = "0.36.2";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  # TODO: split out lib
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0i12z6bzfzgcjidhxa2jsvpm4hqpab0s032z13jy2vbifrncfcnk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig vala gettext libxml2 gobjectIntrospection gtk-doc wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib gssdp gupnp gupnp-av gupnp-dlna libgee libsoup gtk3 libmediaart sqlite systemd tracker shared-mime-info
+  ] ++ (with gst_all_1; [
+    gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly
+  ]);
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-systemduserunitdir=$(out)/lib/systemd/user"
+    "--enable-apidocs"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "sysconfdir=$(out)/etc"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      attrPath = "gnome3.${pname}";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A home media solution (UPnP AV MediaServer) that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures to other devices";
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Rygel;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index d90440d5f55..5112f8b496f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   rest = callPackage ./core/rest { };
 
+  rygel = callPackage ./core/rygel { };
+
   simple-scan = callPackage ./core/simple-scan { };
 
   sushi = callPackage ./core/sushi { };