diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
index 8774de41c4b2..b49b13aae802 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, gnome3, ibus, intltool, upower, wrapGAppsHook
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, substituteAll, pkgconfig, gnome3, ibus, intltool, upower, wrapGAppsHook
 , libcanberra-gtk3, accountsservice, libpwquality, libpulseaudio
-, gdk_pixbuf, librsvg, libnotify, libgudev
+, gdk_pixbuf, librsvg, libnotify, libgudev, gnome-color-manager
 , libxml2, polkit, libxslt, libgtop, libsoup, colord, colord-gtk
-, cracklib, libkrb5, networkmanagerapplet, networkmanager
-, libwacom, samba, shared-mime-info, tzdata, libtool
+, cracklib, libkrb5, networkmanagerapplet, networkmanager, glibc
+, libwacom, samba, shared-mime-info, tzdata, libtool, libgnomekbd
 , docbook_xsl, docbook_xsl_ns, modemmanager, clutter, clutter-gtk
 , fontconfig, sound-theme-freedesktop, grilo }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gnome-control-center-${version}";
+let
   version = "3.26.2";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-control-center-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-control-center/${gnome3.versionBranch version}/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "07aed27d6317f2cad137daa6d94a37ad02c32b958dcd30c8f07d0319abfb04c5";
   };
 
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript { packageName = "gnome-control-center"; attrPath = "gnome3.gnome-control-center"; };
-  };
-
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome-themes-standard ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkgconfig intltool wrapGAppsHook libtool libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xsl_ns
     shared-mime-info
@@ -37,15 +32,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     networkmanager modemmanager gnome-bluetooth tracker
   ];
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    substituteInPlace panels/datetime/tz.h --replace "/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab" "${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab"
-
-    substituteInPlace panels/region/cc-region-panel.c --replace "gkbd-keyboard-display" "${gnome3.libgnomekbd}/bin/gkbd-keyboard-display"
-
-    # hack to make test-endianess happy
-    mkdir -p $out/share/locale
-    substituteInPlace panels/datetime/test-endianess.c --replace "/usr/share/locale/" "$out/share/locale/"
-  '';
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./paths.patch;
+      gcm = gnome-color-manager;
+      inherit glibc libgnomekbd tzdata;
+    })
+  ];
 
   preFixup = ''
     gappsWrapperArgs+=(
@@ -59,6 +52,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = "gnome-control-center";
+      attrPath = "gnome3.gnome-control-center";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Utilities to configure the GNOME desktop";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad9187b650e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-control-center/paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+--- a/panels/color/cc-color-panel.c
++++ b/panels/color/cc-color-panel.c
+@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
+ 
+   /* run with modal set */
+   argv = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free);
+-  g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_build_filename (BINDIR, "gcm-calibrate", NULL));
++  g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_build_filename ("@gcm@", "bin", "gcm-calibrate", NULL));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup ("--device"));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup (cd_device_get_id (priv->current_device)));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup ("--parent-window"));
+@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@
+ 
+   /* open up gcm-viewer as a info pane */
+   argv = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func (g_free);
+-  g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_build_filename (BINDIR, "gcm-viewer", NULL));
++  g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_build_filename ("@gcm@", "bin", "gcm-viewer", NULL));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup ("--profile"));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup (cd_profile_get_id (profile)));
+   g_ptr_array_add (argv, g_strdup ("--parent-window"));
+@@ -1406,7 +1406,6 @@
+ gcm_prefs_profile_clicked (CcColorPanel *prefs, CdProfile *profile, CdDevice *device)
+ {
+   GtkWidget *widget;
+-  gchar *s;
+   CcColorPanelPrivate *priv = prefs->priv;
+ 
+   /* get profile */
+@@ -1416,11 +1415,9 @@
+   /* allow getting profile info */
+   widget = GTK_WIDGET (gtk_builder_get_object (priv->builder,
+                "toolbutton_profile_view"));
+-  if (cd_profile_get_filename (profile) != NULL &&
+-      (s = g_find_program_in_path ("gcm-viewer")) != NULL)
++  if (cd_profile_get_filename (profile) != NULL)
+     {
+       gtk_widget_set_sensitive (widget, TRUE);
+-      g_free (s);
+     }
+   else
+       gtk_widget_set_sensitive (widget, FALSE);
+--- a/panels/datetime/test-endianess.c
++++ b/panels/datetime/test-endianess.c
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 	GDir *dir;
+ 	const char *name;
+ 
+-	dir = g_dir_open ("/usr/share/i18n/locales/", 0, NULL);
++	dir = g_dir_open ("@glibc@/share/i18n/locales/", 0, NULL);
+ 	if (dir == NULL) {
+ 		/* Try with /usr/share/locale/
+ 		 * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646780 */
+--- a/panels/datetime/tz.h
++++ b/panels/datetime/tz.h
+@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <glib.h>
+ 
+-#ifndef __sun
+-#  define TZ_DATA_FILE "/usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab"
+-#else
+-#  define TZ_DATA_FILE "/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/tab/zone_sun.tab"
+-#endif
++#define TZ_DATA_FILE "@tzdata@/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab"
+ 
+ typedef struct _TzDB TzDB;
+ typedef struct _TzLocation TzLocation;
+--- a/panels/region/cc-region-panel.c
++++ b/panels/region/cc-region-panel.c
+@@ -1388,10 +1388,10 @@
+         }
+ 
+         if (variant && variant[0])
+-                commandline = g_strdup_printf ("gkbd-keyboard-display -l \"%s\t%s\"",
++                commandline = g_strdup_printf ("@libgnomekbd@/bin/gkbd-keyboard-display -l \"%s\t%s\"",
+                                                layout, variant);
+         else
+-                commandline = g_strdup_printf ("gkbd-keyboard-display -l %s",
++                commandline = g_strdup_printf ("@libgnomekbd@/bin/gkbd-keyboard-display -l %s",
+                                                layout);
+ 
+         g_spawn_command_line_async (commandline, NULL);