diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 6d9bd284bc72..ba9906072b3f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ in
       services.gnome3.core-shell.enable = true;
       services.gnome3.core-utilities.enable = mkDefault true;
 
-      services.xserver.displayManager.sessionPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.gnome-session ];
+      services.xserver.displayManager.sessionPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.gnome-session.sessions ];
 
       environment.extraInit = ''
         ${concatMapStrings (p: ''
@@ -249,11 +249,17 @@ in
       services.system-config-printer.enable = (mkIf config.services.printing.enable (mkDefault true));
       services.telepathy.enable = mkDefault true;
 
-      systemd.packages = with pkgs.gnome3; [ vino gnome-session ];
+      systemd.packages = with pkgs.gnome3; [
+        gnome-session
+        gnome-shell
+        vino
+      ];
 
       services.avahi.enable = mkDefault true;
 
-      xdg.portal.extraPortals = [ pkgs.gnome3.gnome-shell ];
+      xdg.portal.extraPortals = [
+        pkgs.gnome3.gnome-shell
+      ];
 
       services.geoclue2.enable = mkDefault true;
       services.geoclue2.enableDemoAgent = false; # GNOME has its own geoclue agent
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
index 2f8c8cc90137..325023f4121a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/gdm.nix
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ in
       "f /run/gdm/.config/gnome-initial-setup-done 0711 gdm gdm - yes"
     ];
 
+    # Otherwise GDM will not be able to start correctly and display Wayland sessions
+    systemd.packages = with pkgs.gnome3; [ gnome-session gnome-shell ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme ];
+
     systemd.services.display-manager.wants = [
       # Because sd_login_monitor_new requires /run/systemd/machines
       "systemd-machined.service"
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
index 459512017c5d..3df78b88090f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-session/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-session";
   version = "3.34.2";
 
+  outputs = ["out" "sessions"];
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-session/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1qgqp97f8k2zi2ydvhds14zsjzfj7cv521r6wx5sw0qacn0p7dwb";
@@ -50,6 +52,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --suffix XDG_CONFIG_DIRS : "${gnome3.gnome-settings-daemon}/etc/xdg"
   '';
 
+  # We move the GNOME sessions to another output since gnome-session is a dependency of
+  # GDM itself. If we do not hide them, it will show broken GNOME sessions when GDM is
+  # enabled without proper GNOME installation.
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir $sessions
+    moveToOutput share/wayland-sessions "$sessions"
+    moveToOutput share/xsessions "$sessions"
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = "gnome-session";