diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 01df377c90..a5c17f6f42 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/gkrellm.scm			\
   gnu/packages/glib.scm				\
   gnu/packages/global.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/gnome.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gnunet.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gnupg.scm			\
   gnu/packages/gnutls.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c66af51c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages gnome)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2+))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages glib)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xml))
+
+(define-public gnome-doc-utils
+  (package
+    (name "gnome-doc-utils")
+    (version "0.20.10")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/" name "/0.20/"
+                          name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "19n4x25ndzngaciiyd8dd6s2mf9gv6nv3wv27ggns2smm7zkj1nb"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
+       ("libxslt" ,libxslt)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("python-2" ,python-2)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f)) ; tries to load http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd
+    (home-page "https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeDocUtils")
+    (synopsis
+     "Documentation utilities for the Gnome project")
+    (description
+     "Gnome-doc-utils is a collection of documentation utilities for the
+Gnome project.  It includes xml2po tool which makes it easier to translate
+and keep up to date translations of documentation.")
+    (license gpl2+))) ; xslt under lgpl