diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 9b0c8d752cee..20385c884b5e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ let
         (pkg: "cp -rf ${pkg}/share/gsettings-schemas/*/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas\n")
         (defaultPackages ++ cfg.extraGSettingsOverridePackages)}
 
+     cp -f ${pkgs.gnome3.gnome-shell}/share/gsettings-schemas/*/glib-2.0/schemas/*.gschema.override $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas
+
      chmod -R a+w $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides
      cat - > $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas/nixos-defaults.gschema.override <<- EOF
        [org.gnome.desktop.background]