diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb111829c7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, gettext
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, gobject-introspection
+, python3
+, gtk-doc
+, docbook_xsl
+, docbook_xml_dtd_412
+, docbook_xml_dtd_43
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45
+, libxml2
+, glib
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, vala
+, sqlite
+, libxslt
+, libstemmer
+, gnome3
+, icu
+, libuuid
+, networkmanager
+, libsoup
+, json-glib
+, systemd
+, dbus
+, substituteAll
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tracker";
+  version = "2.3.4";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0vai0qz9jn3z5dlzysynwhbbmslp84ygdql81f5wfxxr98j54yap";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-paths.patch;
+      gdbus = "${glib.bin}/bin/gdbus";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    vala
+    pkgconfig
+    gettext
+    libxslt
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    gobject-introspection
+    gtk-doc
+    docbook_xsl
+    docbook_xml_dtd_412
+    docbook_xml_dtd_43
+    docbook_xml_dtd_45
+    python3 # for data-generators
+    systemd # used for checks to install systemd user service
+    dbus # used for checks and pkgconfig to install dbus service/s
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    libxml2
+    sqlite
+    icu
+    networkmanager
+    libsoup
+    libuuid
+    json-glib
+    libstemmer
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    python3.pkgs.pygobject3
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # TODO: figure out wrapping unit tests, some of them fail on missing gsettings-desktop-schemas
+    # "-Dfunctional_tests=true"
+    "-Ddocs=true"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs utils/g-ir-merge/g-ir-merge
+    patchShebangs utils/data-generators/cc/generate
+    patchShebangs tests/functional-tests/test-runner.sh.in
+    patchShebangs tests/functional-tests/*.py
+  '';
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    # (tracker-store:6194): Tracker-CRITICAL **: 09:34:07.722: Cannot initialize database: Could not open sqlite3 database:'/homeless-shelter/.cache/tracker/meta.db': unable to open database file
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+
+    # Our gobject-introspection patches make the shared library paths absolute
+    # in the GIR files. When running functional tests, the library is not yet installed,
+    # though, so we need to replace the absolute path with a local one during build.
+    # We are using a symlink that will be overridden during installation.
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    ln -s $PWD/src/libtracker-sparql-backend/libtracker-sparql-2.0.so $out/lib/libtracker-sparql-2.0.so.0
+    ln -s $PWD/src/libtracker-miner/libtracker-miner-2.0.so $out/lib/libtracker-miner-2.0.so.0
+    ln -s $PWD/src/libtracker-data/libtracker-data.so $out/lib/libtracker-data.so
+  '';
+
+  postCheck = ''
+    # Clean up out symlinks
+    rm -r $out/lib
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    glib-compile-schemas "$out/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      versionPolicy = "none";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker";
+    description = "Desktop-neutral user information store, search tool and indexer";
+    maintainers = teams.gnome.members;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5c13c3fcdaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/2.x/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/tracker-store/tracker-store.desktop.in
++++ b/src/tracker-store/tracker-store.desktop.in
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ [Desktop Entry]
+ Name=Tracker Store
+ Comment=Metadata database store and lookup manager
+-Exec=gdbus call -e -d org.freedesktop.DBus -o /org/freedesktop/DBus -m org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName org.freedesktop.Tracker1 0
++Exec=@gdbus@ call -e -d org.freedesktop.DBus -o /org/freedesktop/DBus -m org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName org.freedesktop.Tracker1 0
+ Terminal=false
+ Type=Application
+ Categories=Utility;
+ X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6426540f5196..b08c48227300 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3400,6 +3400,8 @@ in
 
   tracker = callPackage ../development/libraries/tracker { };
 
+  tracker_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/tracker/2.x { };
+
   tracker-miners = callPackage ../development/libraries/tracker-miners { };
 
   tracy = callPackage ../development/tools/tracy {