diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 7bce8e44ecc..6fe29af3a00 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@
   ./services/misc/sundtek.nix
   ./services/misc/svnserve.nix
   ./services/misc/synergy.nix
+  ./services/misc/sysprof.nix
   ./services/misc/taskserver
   ./services/misc/tzupdate.nix
   ./services/misc/uhub.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/sysprof.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sysprof.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab91a8b586a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sysprof.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  options = {
+    services.sysprof = {
+      enable = lib.mkEnableOption "sysprof profiling daemon";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf config.services.sysprof.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.sysprof ];
+
+    services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.sysprof ];
+
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.sysprof ];
+  };
+
+  meta.maintainers = pkgs.sysprof.meta.maintainers;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 212840ee406..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- sysprof-1.0.10/configure	2008-04-28 01:41:25.000000000 +0200
-+++ sysprof-1.0.10/configure	2008-06-07 15:40:07.000000000 +0200
-@@ -3342,14 +3342,6 @@ if test $kernel_module = "yes"; then
-      echo \*
-      exit 1
-   fi
--
--  if  ! test -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/Makefile  ; then
--     echo \*
--     echo \* Sysprof requires the kernel source code to be installed.
--     echo \* On a Fedora Core system the relevant package is kernel-devel
--     echo \*
--     exit 1
--  fi
- fi
- 
- # Pkgconfig dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
index a2ea3444db6..f28fe187e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,53 @@
 { stdenv
-, fetchurl, pkgconfig
-, gtk2, glib, pango, libglade
+, desktop-file-utils
+, fetchurl
+, gettext
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, itstool
+, libxml2
+, meson, ninja
+, pango
+, pkgconfig
+, polkit
+, shared-mime-info
+, systemd
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, gnome3
 }:
+let
+  version = "3.28.1";
+  pname = "sysprof";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sysprof-1.2.0";
+  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.sysprof.com/sysprof-1.2.0.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1wb4d844rsy8qjg3z5m6rnfm72da4xwzrrkkb1q5r10sq1pkrw5s";
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "05534dvwrzrmryb4y2m1sb2q0r8i6nr88pzjg7xs5nr9zq8a87p3";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk2 glib pango libglade ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ desktop-file-utils gettext itstool libxml2 meson ninja pkgconfig shared-mime-info wrapGAppsHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 pango polkit systemd.dev systemd.lib ];
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://sysprof.com/;
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dsystemdunitdir=lib/systemd/system"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm $out/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "System-wide profiler for Linux";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof;
     longDescription = ''
       Sysprof is a sampling CPU profiler for Linux that uses the perf_event_open
       system call to profile the entire system, not just a single
@@ -26,6 +55,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       do not need to be recompiled.  In fact they don't even have to
       be restarted.
     '';
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d5df97c1ddb..3193a56514f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14084,9 +14084,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sysfsutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sysfsutils { };
 
-  sysprof = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/sysprof {
-    inherit (gnome2) libglade;
-  };
+  sysprof = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/sysprof { };
 
   # Provided with sysfsutils.
   libsysfs = sysfsutils;