diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2775e87720cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, vala, pkgconfig, glib, gobjectIntrospection }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libgee-0.13.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libgee/0.13/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1gzyx8gy5m6r8km3xbb1kszz0v3p9vsbzwb78pf3fw122gwbjj4k";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./fix_introspection_paths.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf vala pkgconfig glib gobjectIntrospection ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/fix_introspection_paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/fix_introspection_paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67003f451645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libgee/fix_introspection_paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- fix_introspection_paths.patch/configure	2014-01-07 17:43:53.521339338 +0000
++++ fix_introspection_paths.patch/configure-fix	2014-01-07 17:45:11.068635069 +0000
+@@ -12085,8 +12085,8 @@
+        INTROSPECTION_SCANNER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_scanner gobject-introspection-1.0`
+        INTROSPECTION_COMPILER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_compiler gobject-introspection-1.0`
+        INTROSPECTION_GENERATE=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=g_ir_generate gobject-introspection-1.0`
+-       INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=girdir gobject-introspection-1.0`
+-       INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR="$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=typelibdir gobject-introspection-1.0)"
++       INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR="${datadir}/gir-1.0"
++       INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR="${libdir}/girepository-1.0"
+        INTROSPECTION_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0`
+        INTROSPECTION_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs gobject-introspection-1.0`
+        INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=datadir gobject-introspection-1.0`/gobject-introspection-1.0/Makefile.introspection
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 9c8ae89d195e..082d5c0e88b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ rec {
 
   libcroco = callPackage ./core/libcroco {};
 
+  libgee = callPackage ./core/libgee { };
+
   libpeas = callPackage ./core/libpeas {};
 
   libgweather = callPackage ./core/libgweather { libsoup = pkgs.libsoup_2_44; };
@@ -74,4 +76,7 @@ rec {
 
   goffice = callPackage ./misc/goffice { };
 
+  gitg = callPackage ./misc/gitg { };
+
+  libgit2-glib = callPackage ./misc/libgit2-glib { automake = pkgs.automake111x; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gitg/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gitg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..629ff4a77002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gitg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, vala, intltool, libgit2, pkgconfig, gtk3, glib
+, json_glib, webkitgtk,  makeWrapper, libpeas, bash, gobjectIntrospection
+, gnome3, gtkspell3, shared_mime_info, libgee, libgit2-glib }:
+
+# TODO: icons and theme still does not work
+# use packaged gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic 
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gitg-0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gitg/0.3/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "03vc59d1r3326piqdph6qjqnc40chm1lpg52lpf8466ddjs0x8vp";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/libgitg/test-commit.c --replace "/bin/bash" "${bash}/bin/bash"
+  '';
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  makeFlags = "INTROSPECTION_GIRDIR=$(out)/share/gir-1.0/ INTROSPECTION_TYPELIBDIR=$(out)/lib/girepository-1.0";
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ shared_mime_info
+                            gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ vala intltool libgit2 pkgconfig gtk3 glib json_glib webkitgtk libgee libpeas
+                  libgit2-glib gtkspell3 gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas gnome3.gtksourceview
+                  gobjectIntrospection makeWrapper ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gitg" \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gtk3}/share:${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:${gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas}/share:$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+    rm $out/share/gitg/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Gitg;
+    description = "GNOME GUI client to view git repositories";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iElectric ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libgit2-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libgit2-glib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12d37ab5db50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libgit2-glib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, gnome3, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig
+, gtk_doc, gobjectIntrospection, libgit2, glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libgit2-glib-${version}";
+  version = "0.0.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/GNOME/libgit2-glib/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zn3k85jw6yks8s5ca8dyh9mwh4if1lni9gz9bd5lqlpa803ixxs";
+  };
+
+  configureScript = "sh ./autogen.sh";
+
+  buildInputs = [ which gnome3.gnome_common autoconf automake libtool
+                  pkgconfig gtk_doc gobjectIntrospection libgit2 glib ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e612e05bfdd1..f9db2276f874 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8045,6 +8045,8 @@ let
     python = python27;
   };
 
+  inherit (gnome3) gitg;
+
   giv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/giv {
     pcre = pcre.override { unicodeSupport = true; };
   };