diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-disk-utility/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-disk-utility/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ab5259a6309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-disk-utility/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udisks2, libsecret, libdvdread
+, bash, gtk3, glib, hicolor_icon_theme, makeWrapper, cracklib, libnotify
+, itstool, gnome3, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, libxml2, python
+, libcanberra_gtk3, libxslt, libtool, docbook_xsl, libpwquality }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-disk-utility-3.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-disk-utility/3.12/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "46e0698c4a7baa8719a79935066e103447011fb47528a28dbb49e35eeec409d8";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gnome3.glib}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme
+                            librsvg udisks2 gnome3.gnome_settings_daemon
+                            hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ bash pkgconfig gtk3 glib intltool itstool
+                  libxslt libtool libsecret libpwquality cracklib
+                  libnotify libdvdread libcanberra_gtk3 docbook_xsl
+                  gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas makeWrapper libxml2 ];
+
+  installFlags = "gsettingsschemadir=\${out}/share/gnome-disk-utility/glib-2.0/schemas/";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gnome-disks" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share:${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:${gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/share:$out/share/gnome-disk-utility:$XDG_ICON_DIRS"
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Disks;
+    description = "A udisks graphical front-end";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 6a404d0a4b46..b4bb2c8320e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome_common = callPackage ./core/gnome-common { };
 
+  gnome-disk-utility = callPackage ./core/gnome-disk-utility { };
+
   gnome-font-viewer = callPackage ./core/gnome-font-viewer { };
 
   gnome_icon_theme = callPackage ./core/gnome-icon-theme { };