diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/evolution-data-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/evolution-data-server.nix
index bd62d16f61ce..749f12b86bc8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/evolution-data-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/desktops/gnome3/evolution-data-server.nix
@@ -15,31 +15,45 @@ with lib;
   options = {
 
     services.gnome3.evolution-data-server = {
-
-      enable = mkOption {
-        type = types.bool;
-        default = false;
-        description = ''
-          Whether to enable Evolution Data Server, a collection of services for
-          storing addressbooks and calendars.
-        '';
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Evolution Data Server, a collection of services for storing addressbooks and calendars.";
+      plugins = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.package;
+        default = [ ];
+        description = "Plugins for Evolution Data Server.";
+      };
+    };
+    programs.evolution = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Evolution, a Personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality.";
+      plugins = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.package;
+        default = [ ];
+        example = literalExample "[ pkgs.evolution-ews ]";
+        description = "Plugins for Evolution.";
       };
 
     };
-
   };
 
-
   ###### implementation
 
-  config = mkIf config.services.gnome3.evolution-data-server.enable {
+  config =
+    let
+      bundle = pkgs.evolutionWithPlugins.override { inherit (config.services.gnome3.evolution-data-server) plugins; };
+    in
+    mkMerge [
+      (mkIf config.services.gnome3.evolution-data-server.enable {
+        environment.systemPackages = [ bundle ];
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.gnome3.evolution-data-server ];
-
-    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.evolution-data-server ];
-
-    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.gnome3.evolution-data-server ];
-
-  };
+        services.dbus.packages = [ bundle ];
 
+        systemd.packages = [ bundle ];
+      })
+      (mkIf config.programs.evolution.enable {
+        services.gnome3.evolution-data-server = {
+          enable = true;
+          plugins = [ pkgs.evolution ] ++ config.programs.evolution.plugins;
+        };
+        services.gnome3.gnome-keyring.enable = true;
+      })
+    ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/almanah/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/almanah/default.nix
index 3a5c3756320a..b8029b6229d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/almanah/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/almanah/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , cairo
 , desktop-file-utils
 , evolution-data-server
+, evolution
 , gcr
 , gettext
 , glib
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     evolution-data-server
     gcr
     glib
-    gnome3.evolution
+    evolution
     gpgme
     gtk3
     gtksourceview3
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews/default.nix
index fbd6d1d924cd..8deb7e84a2c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, gnome3, cmake, gettext, intltool, pkg-config, evolution-data-server
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, gnome3, cmake, gettext, intltool, pkg-config, evolution-data-server, evolution
 , sqlite, gtk3, webkitgtk, libgdata, libmspack }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gettext intltool pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    evolution-data-server gnome3.evolution
+    evolution-data-server evolution
     sqlite libgdata
     gtk3 webkitgtk
     libmspack
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/evolution/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/default.nix
similarity index 95%
rename from pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/evolution/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/default.nix
index 4bede93ebb70..c9fdbf3a9133 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/apps/evolution/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/default.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 , libnotify
 , gspell
 , evolution-data-server
-, adwaita-icon-theme
-, gnome-desktop
 , libgdata
 , libgweather
 , glib-networking
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    adwaita-icon-theme
+    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
     bogofilter
     db
     evolution-data-server
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gdk-pixbuf
     glib
     glib-networking
-    gnome-desktop
+    gnome3.gnome-desktop
     gsettings-desktop-schemas
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     gst_all_1.gstreamer
@@ -115,6 +113,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  patches = [
+    ./moduledir_from_env.patch
+  ];
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
       packageName = "evolution";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/moduledir_from_env.patch b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/moduledir_from_env.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a5edfb9a5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/moduledir_from_env.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/src/shell/main.c b/src/shell/main.c
+index 5d089225ca..030908d684 100644
+--- a/src/shell/main.c
++++ b/src/shell/main.c
+@@ -407,7 +407,15 @@ create_default_shell (void)
+ 	}
+
+ 	/* Load all shared library modules. */
+-	module_types = e_module_load_all_in_directory (EVOLUTION_MODULEDIR);
++	const gchar *modules_directory = EVOLUTION_MODULEDIR;
++	const gchar *modules_directory_env;
++
++	modules_directory_env = g_getenv ("EVOLUTION_MODULEDIR");
++	if (modules_directory_env &&
++	    g_file_test (modules_directory_env, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
++		modules_directory = g_strdup (modules_directory_env);
++
++	module_types = e_module_load_all_in_directory (modules_directory);
+ 	g_list_free_full (module_types, (GDestroyNotify) g_type_module_unuse);
+
+ 	flags = G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_OPEN |
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..050082c6f933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib, makeWrapper, symlinkJoin, gnome3, plugins }:
+
+symlinkJoin {
+  name = "evolution-with-plugins";
+  paths = [ gnome3.evolution-data-server ] ++ plugins;
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    for i in $out/bin/* $out/libexec/**; do
+    if [ ! -d $i ]; then
+      echo wrapping $i
+      wrapProgram $i \
+        --set LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$out/lib" \
+        --set EDS_ADDRESS_BOOK_MODULES "$out/lib/evolution-data-server/addressbook-backends/" \
+        --set EDS_CALENDAR_MODULES "$out/lib/evolution-data-server/calendar-backends/" \
+        --set EDS_CAMEL_PROVIDER_DIR "$out/lib/evolution-data-server/camel-providers/" \
+        --set EDS_REGISTRY_MODULES "$out/lib/evolution-data-server/registry-modules/" \
+        --set EVOLUTION_MODULEDIR "$out/lib/evolution/modules"
+    fi
+    done
+
+    fixSymlink () {
+     local link=$1
+     local target=$(readlink $link);
+     local newtarget=$(sed "s@/nix/store/[^/]*/@$out/@" <<< "$target")
+     if [[ $target != $newtarget ]] && [[ -d $newtarget ]]; then
+       echo fixing link to point to $newtarget instead of $target
+       rm $link
+       ln -s $newtarget $link
+     fi
+    }
+
+    fixSymlink $out/share/dbus-1/service
+    fixSymlink $out/lib/systemd/user
+    for i in $out/share/dbus-1/services/*.service $out/lib/systemd/user/*.service; do
+      echo fixing service file $i to point to $out
+      sed -i "s@/nix/store/[^/]*/@$out/@" $i
+    done
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
index 2bc825d81490..c4e203913bea 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/default.nix
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
   cheese = callPackage ./apps/cheese { };
 
-  evolution = callPackage ./apps/evolution { };
-
   file-roller = callPackage ./apps/file-roller { };
 
   gedit = callPackage ./apps/gedit { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd61a9eb7bfa..7d13ca561c2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21688,6 +21688,8 @@ in
   inherit (gnome3) evince;
   evolution-data-server = gnome3.evolution-data-server;
   evolution-ews = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution-ews { };
+  evolution = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution { };
+  evolutionWithPlugins = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/evolution/evolution/wrapper.nix { plugins = [ evolution evolution-ews ]; };
 
   keepass = callPackage ../applications/misc/keepass { };