diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 1a8af58ee722..f14bce04caaf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ in {
         gnome3.gedit
         gnome3.gnome-music
         gnome3.gnome-tweak-tool
+        gnome3.gnome-photos
       ] config.environment.gnome3.excludePackages);
 
     # Needed for themes and backgrounds
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-photos/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-photos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68d4e3690f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/gnome-photos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, exempi, libxml2
+, pkgconfig, gtk3, glib, hicolor_icon_theme
+, makeWrapper, itstool, gegl, babl, lcms2
+, desktop_file_utils, gmp
+, gnome3, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, libexif }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-photos-3.10.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-photos/3.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "820503c26a0f829682dd46653e8f0850ac687aba42728ac74350ba8406e80975";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gnome3.glib}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk3 glib intltool itstool gegl babl
+                  gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas makeWrapper gmp
+                  gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg exempi
+                  gnome3.gfbgraph gnome3.grilo-plugins gnome3.grilo
+                  gnome3.gnome_online_accounts gnome3.gnome_desktop
+                  lcms2 libexif gnome3.tracker libxml2 desktop_file_utils
+                  hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/gnome-photos" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix GRL_PLUGIN_PATH : "${gnome3.grilo-plugins}/lib/grilo-0.2" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$out/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Photos;
+    description = "Photos is an application to access, organize and share your photos with GNOME 3";
+    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 164fb9b27f1f..0aaf9d9dd11f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ rec {
 
   gnome-music = callPackage ./apps/gnome-music { };
 
+  gnome-photos = callPackage ./apps/gnome-photos { };
+
   # scrollkeeper replacement
   rarian = callPackage ./desktop/rarian { };