diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
index 0600b4ebbf91..baa7113ce90f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ rec {
 
 #### Misc -- other packages on http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/
 
+  geary = callPackage ./misc/geary { };
+
   gfbgraph = callPackage ./misc/gfbgraph { };
 
   goffice = callPackage ./misc/goffice { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1eb6c0e3ed29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk3, vala
+, makeWrapper, gdk_pixbuf, cmake, desktop_file_utils
+, libnotify, libcanberra, libsecret, gmime
+, libpthreadstubs, hicolor_icon_theme
+, gnome3, librsvg, gnome_doc_utils, webkitgtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "geary-0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/geary/0.6/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "44ad1dc2c81c50006c751f8e72aa817f07002188da4c29e158060524a1962715";
+  };
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gnome3.gnome_themes_standard ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig gtk3 makeWrapper cmake desktop_file_utils gnome_doc_utils
+                  vala webkitgtk libnotify libcanberra gnome3.libgee libsecret gmime
+                  libpthreadstubs gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas hicolor_icon_theme
+                  gdk_pixbuf librsvg gnome3.gnome_icon_theme_symbolic gnome3.gnome_icon_theme ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/CMakeLists.txt --replace '`pkg-config --variable=girdir gobject-introspection-1.0`' '${webkitgtk}/share/gir-1.0'
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/gsettings-schemas/${name}/
+    mv $out/share/glib-2.0 $out/share/gsettings-schemas/${name}
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/geary" \
+      --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$XDG_ICON_DIRS:${gnome3.gnome_themes_standard}/share:$out/share:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  patches = [ ./disable_valadoc.patch ];
+  patchFlags = "-p0";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary;
+    description = "Mail client for GNOME 3";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/disable_valadoc.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/disable_valadoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e65c0dea7472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/misc/geary/disable_valadoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- src/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2014-05-23 14:41:20.809160364 +0200
++++ src/CMakeLists.txt	2014-05-23 14:41:29.240261581 +0200
+@@ -696,21 +696,6 @@
+         ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy geary-mailer ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/
+ )
+ 
+-# Valadoc
+-#################################################
+-foreach(pkg ${ENGINE_PACKAGES})
+-    list(APPEND valadoc_pkg_opts "--pkg=${pkg}")
+-endforeach(pkg ${ENGINE_PACKAGES})
+-
+-include(FindValadoc)
+-add_custom_target(
+-    valadoc
+-    WORKING_DIRECTORY
+-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+-    COMMAND
+-        ${VALADOC_EXECUTABLE} --force --no-protected -b ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -o ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/valadoc --package-name=geary --package-version=${VERSION} ${ENGINE_SRC} ${valadoc_pkg_opts} --vapidir=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/vapi
+-)
+-
+ ## Make clean: remove copied files
+ ##################################################
+ set_property(