diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
index 1bb1f4384b54..f5eb4c5e80df 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/default.nix
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zenity";
-  version = "3.43.0";
+  version = "3.44.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/zenity/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sNfKHgwYaPoY8FwhAmDYp74fCO4Tt/XP26ubYfoW+DM=";
+    sha256 = "wVWCMB7ZC51CzlIdvM+ZqYnyLxIEG91SecZjbamev2U=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-icon-install.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/fix-icon-install.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/fix-icon-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d412cc4a5bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/zenity/fix-icon-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
+index 339b3cff..aca65efd 100644
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ install_data(
+     'zenity-text.png',
+     'zenity-scale.png',
+     'zenity-entry.png',
+-    'zenity-notification.png']
++    'zenity-notification.png'],
++  install_dir: zenity_prefix / get_option('datadir') / 'icons/hicolor/48x48/apps',
+   )