diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
index 13b2d6a1db4f..243d29e75a75 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/system-monitor/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, substituteAll, fetchFromGitHub, glib, glib-networking, libgtop }:
+{ stdenv, substituteAll, fetchFromGitHub, glib, glib-networking, libgtop, gnome3 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gnome-shell-system-monitor";
@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aneeshusa tiramiseb ];
     homepage = https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet;
+    # 3.36 support not yet ready
+    # https://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet/pull/564
+    broken = stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast gnome3.gnome-shell.version "3.34";
   };
 }