diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
index bafa4dc5d033..cbbce8468569 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ in
             pkgs.gnome-menus
             pkgs.gtk3.out # for gtk-launch program
             pkgs.xdg-user-dirs # Update user dirs as described in https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
+            pkgs.xdg-user-dirs-gtk # Used to create the default bookmarks
           ];
         in
         mandatoryPackages
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0ac6e12eb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xd/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchurl,
+  fetchpatch,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  intltool,
+  pkg-config,
+  xdg-user-dirs,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
+  gtk3,
+  gnome,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "xdg-user-dirs-gtk";
+  version = "0.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-U0vVY9PA4/jcvzV4y4qw5J07pByWbUd8ivlDg2QSHn0=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix cross: ./configure: line 7633: no: command not found
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/-/raw/b047b613d5f18aebe8e9bca4e0a82b75b2d1f8c4/debian/patches/fix-pkg-config-cross-compilation.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-QHq8hlX0SS+T6jtagMs9qApJCWFG1PHxftzoID2Nag4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    intltool
+    pkg-config
+    xdg-user-dirs # for AC_PATH_PROG
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Fetch translations from correct localedir.
+    substituteInPlace update.c --replace-fail \
+      'bindtextdomain ("xdg-user-dirs", GLIBLOCALEDIR);' \
+      'bindtextdomain ("xdg-user-dirs", "${xdg-user-dirs}/share/locale");'
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ xdg-user-dirs ]}")
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
+    packageName = "xdg-user-dirs-gtk";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-user-dirs-gtk";
+    description = "Companion to xdg-user-dirs that integrates it into the GNOME desktop and GTK applications";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = lib.teams.gnome.members;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update";
+  };
+})