diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
index c6df2a9ebc22..4fec962f16d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/default.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ let overridden = set // overrides; set = with overridden; {
 
   gtkhtml = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml { };
 
+  gtkhtml4 = callPackage ./platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix { };
+
   # Required for nautilus
   inherit (libunique);
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4525246c20ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-2/platform/gtkhtml/4.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk3, intltool,
+GConf, enchant, isocodes, gnome_icon_theme, gsettings_desktop_schemas }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "4.10.0";
+  name = "gtkhtml-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtkhtml/4.10/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1hq6asgb5n9q3ryx2vngr4jyi8lg65lzpnlgrgcwayiczcj68fya";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gsettings_desktop_schemas gtk3 gnome_icon_theme GConf ];
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig intltool enchant isocodes ];
+}