diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 5e1e652a5089..cbfd2d3c2ea2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ let
     '';
   };
 
-  nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas = pkgs.runCommand "nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas" { preferLocalBuild = true; }
+  nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas = let
+    defaultPackages = with pkgs; [ gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome3.gnome-shell ];
+  in
+  pkgs.runCommand "nixos-gsettings-desktop-schemas" { preferLocalBuild = true; }
     ''
      mkdir -p $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas
-     cp -rf ${pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas}/share/gsettings-schemas/gsettings-desktop-schemas*/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas
 
-     ${concatMapStrings (pkg: "cp -rf ${pkg}/share/gsettings-schemas/*/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas\n") cfg.extraGSettingsOverridePackages}
+     ${concatMapStrings
+        (pkg: "cp -rf ${pkg}/share/gsettings-schemas/*/glib-2.0/schemas/*.xml $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas\n")
+        (defaultPackages ++ cfg.extraGSettingsOverridePackages)}
 
      chmod -R a+w $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides
      cat - > $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas/nixos-defaults.gschema.override <<- EOF
@@ -30,6 +34,9 @@ let
        [org.gnome.desktop.screensaver]
        picture-uri='${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray-bottom}/share/artwork/gnome/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray_bottom.png'
 
+       [org.gnome.shell]
+       favorite-apps=[ 'org.gnome.Epiphany.desktop', 'evolution.desktop', 'org.gnome.Music.desktop', 'org.gnome.Photos.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop' ]
+
        ${cfg.extraGSettingsOverrides}
      EOF