diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 87b7be5bdd2f..5a6dad2a7945 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   gnome-autoar = callPackage ./misc/gnome-autoar { };
 
-  gnome-video-effects = callPackage ./misc/gnome-video-effects { };
-
   gnome-packagekit = callPackage ./misc/gnome-packagekit { };
 } // lib.optionalAttrs (config.allowAliases or true) {
 #### Legacy aliases
@@ -392,6 +390,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
       easytag meld orca rhythmbox shotwell gnome-usage
       clutter clutter-gst clutter-gtk cogl gtk-vnc libdazzle libgda libgit2-glib libgxps libgdata libgepub libcroco libpeas libgee geocode-glib libgweather librest libzapojit libmediaart gfbgraph gexiv2 folks totem-pl-parser gcr gsound libgnomekbd vte vte_290 vte-ng gnome-menus gdl;
   inherit (pkgs) gsettings-desktop-schemas; # added 2019-04-16
+  inherit (pkgs) gnome-video-effects; # added 2019-08-19
+
   defaultIconTheme = adwaita-icon-theme;
   gtk = gtk3;
   gtkmm = gtkmm3;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-video-effects/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-video-effects/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b65e9c1021e7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-video-effects/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gnome3 }:
-let
-  pname = "gnome-video-effects";
-  version = "0.4.3";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "06c2f1kihyhawap1s3zg5w7q7fypsybkp7xry4hxkdz4mpsy0zjs";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
-
-  passthru = {
-    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
-      packageName = pname;
-      attrPath = "gnome3.${pname}";
-    };
-  };
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A collection of GStreamer effects to be used in different GNOME Modules";
-    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeVideoEffects;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03799c1ef7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig
+, meson
+, ninja
+, gettext
+, gnome3
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gnome-video-effects";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1j6h98whgkcxrh30bwvnxvyqxrxchgpdgqhl0j71xz7x72dqxijd";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix effectsdir in .pc file
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-video-effects/commit/955404195ada606819974dd63c48956f25611e14
+    ./fix-pc-file.patch
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkgconfig
+    gettext
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      versionPolicy = "none";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A collection of GStreamer effects to be used in different GNOME Modules";
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeVideoEffects;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/fix-pc-file.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/fix-pc-file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62b29e7d025a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnome-video-effects/fix-pc-file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ # Can't use pkgconfig helper https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/2253
+ conf = configuration_data()
+ conf.set('prefix', prefix)
+-conf.set('datarootdir', pkgdatadir)
++conf.set('datarootdir', datadir)
+ conf.set('VERSION', meson.project_version())
+ 
+ pkg = configure_file(configuration: conf,
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2118c645a6c3..0e4cf55cf61c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9489,6 +9489,8 @@ in
 
   gnome-latex = callPackage ../applications/editors/gnome-latex/default.nix { };
 
+  gnome-video-effects = callPackage ../development/libraries/gnome-video-effects { };
+
   gnum4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gnum4 { };
   m4 = gnum4;