diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/default.nix
index 2b44d4112fb6..5c918f964fe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, gobjectIntrospection, upower, cairo
+{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, gobjectIntrospection, upower, cairo
 , pango, cogl, clutter, libstartup_notification, libcanberra_gtk2, zenity, libcanberra_gtk3
 , libtool, makeWrapper, xkeyboard_config, libxkbfile, libxkbcommon, libXtst, libudev, libinput
-, libgudev, libwacom, xwayland }:
+, libgudev, libwacom, xwayland, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libXtst
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
   buildInputs = with gnome3;
     [ pkgconfig intltool glib gobjectIntrospection gtk gsettings_desktop_schemas upower
       gnome_desktop cairo pango cogl clutter zenity libstartup_notification libcanberra_gtk2
@@ -23,6 +25,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libcanberra_gtk3 zenity libtool makeWrapper xkeyboard_config libxkbfile
       libxkbcommon ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760670
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "libgudev-232.patch";
+      url = https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=358904;
+      sha256 = "0chvd7g9f2zp3a0gdhvinsfvp2h10rwb6a8ja386vsrl93ac8pix";
+    })
+  ];
+
   preFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/mutter" \
       --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"