diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index c59c6e0375a0..17f359e7d28a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , python3
 , polkit
 , networkmanager
+, gtk-doc
 , docbook-xsl-nons
 , at-spi2-core
 , libstartup_notification
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@
 , librsvg
 , geoclue2
 , perl
+, docbook_xml_dtd_412
 , docbook_xml_dtd_42
+, docbook_xml_dtd_43
 , desktop-file-utils
 , libpulseaudio
 , libical
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-shell";
   version = "3.36.4";
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "devdoc" ];
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gnome-shell/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1nyibrr98ijn65z9ki0k7xzcwcliwy2jqssz0l0jalpbkhnr751d";
@@ -108,7 +113,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
     gettext
     docbook-xsl-nons
+    docbook_xml_dtd_412
     docbook_xml_dtd_42
+    docbook_xml_dtd_43
+    gtk-doc
     perl
     wrapGAppsHook
     sassc
@@ -166,6 +174,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     json-glib
   ];
 
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dgtk_doc=true"
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs src/data-to-c.pl
     chmod +x meson/postinstall.py