diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/glade/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/glade/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5979d10fa707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/glade/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, intltool, fetchurl, python
+, pkgconfig, gtk3, glib, hicolor_icon_theme
+, makeWrapper, itstool, libxml2, docbook_xsl
+, gnome3, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, libxslt }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "glade-3.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/glade/3.16/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "994ac258bc100d3907ed40a2880c3144f13997b324477253e812d59f2716523f";
+  };
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk3 glib intltool itstool libxml2 python
+                  gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas makeWrapper docbook_xsl
+                  gdk_pixbuf gnome3.gnome_icon_theme librsvg libxslt
+                  hicolor_icon_theme gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/glade" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Glade;
+    description = "User interface designer for GTK+ applications";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index dce605ac1643..ee8633a7a671 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ rec {
 
   gedit = callPackage ./apps/gedit { };
 
+  glade = callPackage ./apps/glade { };
+
   gnome-music = callPackage ./apps/gnome-music { };
 
   # scrollkeeper replacement