diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
index b40869e6333c..a67f04473c84 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 , gtk3
 , intltool
 , json-glib
-, libcroco
+, callPackage
 , libsoup
 , libstartup_notification
 , libXtst
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@
 , accountsservice
 , gnome-online-accounts
 , glib-networking
-, callPackage
 , pciutils
 , timezonemap
 }:
 
+let
+  libcroco = callPackage ./libcroco.nix { };
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cinnamon-common";
   version = "4.4.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/libcroco.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/libcroco.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6f6e350c9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-common/libcroco.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glib, gnome3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libcroco";
+  version = "0.6.13";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1m110rbj5d2raxcdp4iz0qp172284945awrsbdlq99ksmqsc4zkn";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+  outputBin = "dev";
+
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-Bsymbolic";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libxml2 glib ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GNOME CSS2 parsing and manipulation toolkit";
+    homepage = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libcroco;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
+