diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06c01d305f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf-editor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, vala, libxslt, pkgconfig, glib, dbus_glib, gnome3
+, libxml2, intltool, docbook_xsl_ns, docbook_xsl, makeWrapper }:
+
+let
+  majorVersion = "3.16";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dconf-editor-${version}";
+  version = "${majorVersion}.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/dconf-editor/${majorVersion}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0vl5ygbh8blbk3710w34lmhxxl4g275vzpyhjsq0016c597isp88";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ vala libxslt pkgconfig glib dbus_glib gnome3.gtk libxml2
+                  intltool docbook_xsl docbook_xsl_ns makeWrapper gnome3.dconf ];
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/dconf-editor" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lethalman ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf/default.nix
index 141d1413f6f1..3f71165e7133 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/dconf/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ vala libxslt pkgconfig glib dbus_glib gnome3.gtk libxml2
                   intltool docbook_xsl docbook_xsl_ns makeWrapper ];
 
-  preFixup = ''
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/dconf-editor" \
-      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
-
-    rm $out/lib/gio/modules/giomodule.cache
-  '';
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lethalman ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
index b07a1192fb13..937d73b9421c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rec {
     gnome-shell-extensions gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor
     gnome_terminal gnome-user-docs bijiben evolution file-roller gedit
     gnome-clocks gnome-music gnome-tweak-tool gnome-photos
-    nautilus-sendto
+    nautilus-sendto dconf-editor
   ];
 
   inherit (pkgs) libsoup glib gtk2;
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ rec {
   caribou = callPackage ./core/caribou { };
 
   dconf = callPackage ./core/dconf { };
+  dconf-editor = callPackage ./core/dconf-editor { };
 
   empathy = callPackage ./core/empathy { 
     webkitgtk = webkitgtk24x;