diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index fe62e6d542a4..d099e5828394 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     # recording
     gst_all_1.gstreamer
+    gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-good
 
     # not declared at build time, but typelib is needed at runtime