diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/gnome-calculator/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/gnome-calculator/default.nix
index e1b81339e91e..23cdf41d5c0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/gnome-calculator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/core/gnome-calculator/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gnome3.glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0";
 
+  # Fix for  https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/17912
+  # See also https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673101
+  # Should be removed when next release comes out
+  srcHistoryEntry = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/gnome-calculator/9bb6936ba74602ec891c1ffecdf1665dba1a1be4/data/history-entry.ui";
+    sha256 = "0a6d6anwrg5l3kc7i8jyky4idnzi9bhjv9awi6615505pjhcxnaj";
+  };
+
+  srcHistoryView = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/gnome-calculator/b87b4f5cd0cff0b9cf9e9cd2a056c56be653cab1/data/history-view.ui";
+    sha256 = "0zyq1mcxsh707jhh3vfqplk5s83lb26gvjz62l5l6rq5yrd43fyw";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    [ -f data/history-entry.ui ] && echo Remove the fix && exit 1
+    [ -f data/history-view.ui ]  && echo Remove the fix && exit 1
+    cp -v ${srcHistoryEntry} data/history-entry.ui
+    cp -v ${srcHistoryView}  data/history-view.ui
+  '';
+
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];