diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/chrome-gnome-shell.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/chrome-gnome-shell.nix
index 2740a22c7ca0..3d2b3ed85e3a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/chrome-gnome-shell.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/chrome-gnome-shell.nix
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ with lib;
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.chrome-gnome-shell ];
 
     services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.chrome-gnome-shell ];
+
+    nixpkgs.config.firefox.enableGnomeExtensions = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index 09095294fb5f..a21d22261ba3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ in
 
     (mkIf serviceCfg.core-shell.enable {
       services.colord.enable = mkDefault true;
+      services.gnome3.chrome-gnome-shell.enable = mkDefault true;
       services.gnome3.glib-networking.enable = true;
       services.gnome3.gnome-remote-desktop.enable = mkDefault true;
       services.gnome3.gnome-settings-daemon.enable = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/chrome-gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/chrome-gnome-shell/default.nix
index b4b184d4fa03..f04999a449c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/chrome-gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/extensions/chrome-gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "GNOME Shell integration for Chrome";
     homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShellIntegrationForChrome;
     longDescription = ''
-      To use the integration, install the <link xlink:href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShellIntegrationForChrome/Installation">browser extension</link>, and then set <option>services.gnome3.chrome-gnome-shell.enable</option> to <literal>true</literal>. For Firefox based browsers, you will also need to build the wrappers with <option>nixpkgs.config.firefox.enableGnomeExtensions</option> set to <literal>true</literal>.
+      To use the integration, install the <link xlink:href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShellIntegrationForChrome/Installation">browser extension</link>, and then set <option>services.gnome3.chrome-gnome-shell.enable</option> to <literal>true</literal>.
     '';
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;