diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index c9f27319a5aa..63832b1575fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 { callPackage }:
 
 {
+  clutter = callPackage ./platform/clutter.nix { };
+
+  cogl = callPackage ../../development/libraries/cogl { };
+
   # Ensure that we use dbus-glib built with gtkLibs3x.glib
   dbus_glib = callPackage ../../development/libraries/dbus-glib { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/clutter.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/clutter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11b27b1fd631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/platform/clutter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, xz, pkgconfig, mesa, libX11, libXext, libXfixes
+, libXdamage, libXcomposite, libXi, cogl, pango, atk, json_glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "clutter-1.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/clutter/1.8/clutter-1.8.2.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "0bzsvnharawfg525lpavrp55mq4aih5nb01dwwqwnccg8hk9z2fw";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ xz pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 glib mesa libXext libXfixes libXdamage libXcomposite
+    libXi cogl pango atk json_glib ];
+}