diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 27d3e41e98dd..07096c5620d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ rec {
 
 #### Apps (http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/apps/)
 
+  file-roller = callPackage ./desktop/file-roller { };
+
   gnome_dictionary = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-dictionary { };
 
   gnome_desktop = callPackage ./desktop/gnome-desktop { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/file-roller/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/file-roller/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f48103c93d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/desktop/file-roller/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, pkgconfig, gnome3, intltool, itstool, libxml2, libarchive
+, attr, bzip2, acl, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "file-roller-${version}";
+
+  majVersion = "3.10";
+  version = "${majVersion}.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/file-roller/${majVersion}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "14374z1yfbjlgpl4k1ih8b35x8kzvh99y22rwwkc2wfz0d0i1qgx";
+  };
+
+  # TODO: support nautilus
+  # it tries to create {nautilus}/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/libnautilus-fileroller.so
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib pkgconfig gnome3.gtk intltool itstool libxml2 libarchive
+                  attr bzip2 acl makeWrapper ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/file-roller" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gtk}/share:$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}