diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70c1db8c0275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/libcroco/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libcroco-0.6.6"; # 3.6.2 release
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libcroco/0.6/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1nbb12420v1zacn6jwa1x4ixikkcqw66sg4j5dgs45nhygiarv3j";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 glib ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index ce22aa0b8503..5d517da82b39 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ rec {
 
   gvfs = callPackage ./core/gvfs { };
 
+  libcroco = callPackage ./core/libcroco {};
+
   libgweather = callPackage ./core/libgweather { };
 
   vte = callPackage ./core/vte { };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcroco/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcroco/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 99604475e625..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcroco/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glib}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "libcroco-0.6.4";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libcroco/0.6/libcroco-0.6.4.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "1sij88na1skd4d5dx75l803fww3v9872q8m2hj6sjlkc839vl5n8";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 glib ];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d5f75d98d73e..6327afb73239 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4076,7 +4076,7 @@ let
 
   libcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcm { };
 
-  libcroco = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcroco {};
+  inherit (gnome3) libcroco;
 
   libctemplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libctemplate { };