diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix
index 4141afeb821d..744ec3c2fe62 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glib, fetchpatch }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libcroco-0.6.12";
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0q7qhi7z64i26zabg9dbs5706fa8pmzp1qhpa052id4zdiabbi6x";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "CVE-2017-7960.patch";
+      url = "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libcroco/patch/?id=898e3a8c8c0314d2e6b106809a8e3e93cf9d4394";
+      sha256 = "1xjwdqijxf4b7mhdp3kkgnb6c14y0bn3b3gg79kyrm82x696d94l";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "CVE-2017-7961.patch";
+      url = "https://git.gnome.org/browse/libcroco/patch/?id=9ad72875e9f08e4c519ef63d44cdbd94aa9504f7";
+      sha256 = "0zakd72ynzjgzskwyvqglqiznsb93j1bkvc1lgyrzgv9rwrbwv9s";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
   outputBin = "dev";