diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/caribou/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/caribou/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41a997c1f714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/caribou/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, clutter, dbus, pythonPackages, libxml2
+, libxklavier, libXtst, gtk2, intltool, libxslt }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "caribou-0.4.12";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/caribou/0.4/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0235sws58rg0kadxbp2nq5ha76zmhd4mr10n9qlbryf8p78qsvii";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with gnome3;
+    [ glib pkgconfig gtk clutter at_spi2_core dbus pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.pygobject3
+      libxml2 libXtst gtk2 intltool libxslt ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnome3.libgee libxklavier ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index d50dcc8a6229..87047213a79f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ rec {
 
   at_spi2_core = callPackage ./core/at-spi2-core { };
 
+  caribou = callPackage ./core/caribou { };
+
   dconf = callPackage ./core/dconf { };
 
   evince = callPackage ./core/evince { }; # ToDo: dbus would prevent compilation, enable tests