diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-menus/default .nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-menus/default .nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe332355626b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-menus/default .nix	
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, glib}: 
+let
+  version = "3.10.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnome-menus-${version}";
+  
+    src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-menus/3.10/gnome-menus-3.10.1.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0wcacs1vk3pld8wvrwq7fdrm11i56nrajkrp6j1da6jc4yx0m5a6";
+  };
+  
+  
+  preBuild = "patchShebangs ./scripts";
+
+  buildInputs=[ intltool pkgconfig glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.gnome.org";
+    description = "Gnome menu specification " ;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 8af6d65420a6..13fca9f0ab04 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome_icon_theme = callPackage ./core/gnome-icon-theme { };
 
+  gnome-menus = callPackage ../core/gnome-menus{ } ; 
+
   gnome_keyring = callPackage ./core/gnome-keyring { };
   libgnome_keyring = callPackage ./core/libgnome-keyring { };