diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/add-option-for-installation-sysconfdir.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/add-option-for-installation-sysconfdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4259f93eb24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/add-option-for-installation-sysconfdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 209d4187..58580980 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ if not get_option('uninstalled')
+     rygel_datadir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'rygel')
+     rygel_libexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'),
+     'rygel')
+-    rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
++    if get_option('sysconfdir_install') != ''
++        rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir_install'))
++    else
++        rygel_sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
++    endif
+     rygel_plugindir = join_paths(rygel_libdir, 'rygel-2.6', 'plugins')
+     rygel_enginedir = join_paths(rygel_libdir, 'rygel-2.6', 'engines')
+     rygel_presetdir = join_paths(rygel_datadir, 'rygel', 'presets')
+@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('DATA_DIR', rygel_datadir)
+ conf.set_quoted('PLUGIN_DIR', rygel_plugindir)
+ conf.set_quoted('BIG_ICON_DIR', rygel_bigicondir)
+ conf.set_quoted('SMALL_ICON_DIR', rygel_smallicondir)
+-conf.set_quoted('SYS_CONFIG_DIR', rygel_sysconfdir)
++conf.set_quoted('SYS_CONFIG_DIR', get_option('sysconfdir'))
+ conf.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('localedir')))
+ conf.set_quoted('MX_EXTRACT_PATH', join_paths(rygel_libexecdir, 'mx-extract'))
+ conf.set_quoted('DESKTOP_DIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'applications'))
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index f09cac58..ff11c548 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ option('uninstalled', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Run Rygel from build directory only')
+ option('api-docs', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Build the API documentation')
+ option('systemd-user-units-dir', type : 'string', value : 'auto', description : 'Where to install the systemd user unit (use special values "auto" or "none", or pass a path')
++option('sysconfdir_install', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'sysconfdir to use during installation')
+ option('plugins', type : 'array', choices : ['external', 'gst-launch', 'lms', 'media-export', 'mpris', 'playbin', 'ruih', 'tracker'])
+ option('engines', type : 'array', choices : ['simple', 'gstreamer'])
+ option('examples', type : 'boolean', value : 'true')
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix
index 09ff43041fd0..5e701e488f26 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/rygel/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , gettext
 , libxml2
 , gobject-introspection
-, gtk-doc
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , python3
 , glib
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.38.0";
 
   # TODO: split out lib
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gettext
     libxml2
     gobject-introspection
-    gtk-doc
     wrapGAppsHook
     python3
   ];
@@ -76,12 +74,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dsystemd-user-units-dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user"
-    "-Dapi-docs=true"
+    "-Dapi-docs=false"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    "-Dsysconfdir_install=${placeholder "out"}/etc"
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  patches = [
+    ./add-option-for-installation-sysconfdir.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs data/xml/process-xml.py
   '';