diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index a8b74138eef6..b03d1107a23f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ rec {
   gitg = callPackage ./misc/gitg { };
 
   libgit2-glib = callPackage ./misc/libgit2-glib { };
+
+  libmediaart = callPackage ./misc/libmediaart { };
   
   gexiv2 = callPackage ./misc/gexiv2 { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libmediaart/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libmediaart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4985bfa902c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/libmediaart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, gdk_pixbuf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmediaart-0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libmediaart/0.4/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "e8ec92a642f4df7f988364f6451adf89e1611d7379a636d8c7eff4ca21a0fd1c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib gdk_pixbuf ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library tasked with managing, extracting and handling media art caches";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}