diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
index 5791fb5c58f7..643e66aef92f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/default.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gala";
-  version = "3.2.0";
+  version = "3.3.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elementary";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1vf55ls3h20zpf0yxb206cijq8nkf89z2lmhccb4i1g2zajd31ix";
+    sha256 = "02g6x190lylng8d07pwx2bqcc71rq48f0dxh30mgndfii6k21qgs";
   };
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/plugins-dir.patch b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/plugins-dir.patch
index e83308ea5526..f08652e9f630 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/plugins-dir.patch
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/pantheon/desktop/gala/plugins-dir.patch
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 6b20a60..205699b 100644
+index 78113d6..926596c 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', gala_version)
+@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ vapi_dir = meson.current_source_dir() / 'vapi'
+
+ data_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'))
+ plugins_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), meson.project_name(), 'plugins')
++plugins_dir_for_build = join_paths('/run/current-system/sw/lib/', meson.project_name(), 'plugins')
+ pkgdata_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), meson.project_name())
+ pkglib_dir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir'), meson.project_name())
+
+ conf = configuration_data()
  conf.set_quoted('DATADIR', data_dir)
  conf.set_quoted('PKGDATADIR', pkgdata_dir)
- conf.set_quoted('PKGLIBDIR', pkglib_dir)
--conf.set_quoted('PLUGINSDIR', plugins_dir)
-+conf.set_quoted('PLUGINSDIR',  '/run/current-system/sw/lib/gala/plugins')
- conf.set_quoted('RELEASE_NAME', 'Window Manager.')
+-conf.set_quoted('PLUGINDIR', plugins_dir)
++conf.set_quoted('PLUGINDIR', plugins_dir_for_build)
+ conf.set_quoted('RESOURCEPATH', '/org/pantheon/desktop/gala')
  conf.set_quoted('VERSION', gala_version)
- conf.set_quoted('VERSION_INFO', (is_release ? 'Release' : 'Development'))
-@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ add_project_arguments([
- 		'-DDATADIR="@0@"'.format(data_dir),
- 		'-DPKGDATADIR="@0@"'.format(pkgdata_dir),
- 		'-DPKGLIBDIR="@0@"'.format(pkglib_dir),
--		'-DPLUGINDIR="@0@"'.format(plugins_dir),
-+		'-DPLUGINDIR="@0@"'.format('/run/current-system/sw/lib/gala/plugins'),
- 		'-DSCHEMA="org.pantheon.desktop.gala"',
- 		'-DRESOURCEPATH="/org/pantheon/desktop/gala"',
-
+ conf.set_quoted('SCHEMA', 'org.pantheon.desktop.gala')