diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
index b237c5f1bcf1..20d57d50941a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/plugins/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 # If you just want a subset of plug-ins, you can specify them explicitly:
 # `gimp-with-plugins.override { plugins = with gimpPlugins; [ gap ]; }`.
 
-{ lib, pkgs }:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  gimp,
+}:
 
 let
   inherit (pkgs)
@@ -16,6 +20,10 @@ let
     fetchFromGitHub
     fetchFromGitLab
     ;
+
+  # We cannot use gimp from the arguments directly, or it would be shadowed by the one
+  # from scope when initializing the scope with it, leading to infinite recursion.
+  gimpArg = gimp;
 in
 
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
@@ -29,6 +37,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       attrs:
       let
         name = attrs.name or "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}";
+        pkgConfigMajorVersion = if gimp.majorVersion == "2.0" then "2" else "3";
       in
       stdenv.mkDerivation (
         {
@@ -63,8 +72,10 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
 
           # Override installation paths.
           env = {
-            PKG_CONFIG_GIMP_2_0_GIMPLIBDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/${gimp.targetLibDir}";
-            PKG_CONFIG_GIMP_2_0_GIMPDATADIR = "${placeholder "out"}/${gimp.targetDataDir}";
+            "PKG_CONFIG_GIMP_${pkgConfigMajorVersion}_0_GIMPLIBDIR" =
+              "${placeholder "out"}/${gimp.targetLibDir}";
+            "PKG_CONFIG_GIMP_${pkgConfigMajorVersion}_0_GIMPDATADIR" =
+              "${placeholder "out"}/${gimp.targetDataDir}";
           } // attrs.env or { };
         }
       );
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
   in
   {
     # Allow overriding GIMP package in the scope.
-    inherit (pkgs) gimp;
+    gimp = gimpArg;
 
     bimp = pluginDerivation rec {
       /*
@@ -130,6 +141,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       installTargets = [ "install-admin" ];
 
       meta = with lib; {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
         description = "Batch Image Manipulation Plugin for GIMP";
         homepage = "https://github.com/alessandrofrancesconi/gimp-plugin-bimp";
         license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
@@ -153,6 +165,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       '';
 
       meta = {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
         description = "Gimp plug-in for the farbfeld image format";
         homepage = "https://github.com/ids1024/gimp-farbfeld";
         license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -192,6 +205,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       '';
 
       meta = with lib; {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
         description = "GIMP plug-in to do the fourier transform";
         homepage = "https://people.via.ecp.fr/~remi/soft/gimp/gimp_plugin_en.php3#fourier";
         license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus ];
@@ -222,7 +236,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       };
 
       meta = {
-        broken = !gimp.python2Support;
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
       };
     };
 
@@ -240,6 +254,10 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
         ninja
         gettext
       ];
+
+      meta = {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
+      };
     };
 
     waveletSharpen = pluginDerivation {
@@ -264,6 +282,10 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
       };
 
       installPhase = "installPlugin src/wavelet-sharpen"; # TODO translations are not copied .. How to do this on nix?
+
+      meta = {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
+      };
     };
 
     lqrPlugin = pluginDerivation rec {
@@ -289,10 +311,15 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
           sha256 = "EdjZWM6U1bhUmsOnLA8iJ4SFKuAXHIfNPzxZqel+JrY=";
         })
       ];
+
+      meta = {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
+      };
     };
 
     gmic = pkgs.gmic-qt.override {
       variant = "gimp";
+      inherit (self) gimp;
     };
 
     gimplensfun = pluginDerivation {
@@ -320,6 +347,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (
     ";
 
       meta = {
+        broken = gimp.majorVersion != "2.0";
         description = "GIMP plugin to correct lens distortion using the lensfun library and database";
 
         homepage = "http://lensfun.sebastiankraft.net/";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
index 82ff058ba7dc..2a4e2c3a844b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/wrapper.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ let
     lib.attrValues gimpPlugins
   );
   selectedPlugins = lib.filter (pkg: pkg != gimp) (if plugins == null then allPlugins else plugins);
-  extraArgs = map (x: x.wrapArgs or "") selectedPlugins;
-  versionBranch = lib.versions.majorMinor gimp.version;
+  extraArgs =
+    map (x: x.wrapArgs or "") selectedPlugins
+    ++ lib.optionals (gimp.majorVersion == "2.0") [
+      ''--prefix GTK_PATH : "${gnome-themes-extra}/lib/gtk-2.0"''
+    ];
+  exeVersion =
+    if gimp.majorVersion == "2.0" then lib.versions.majorMinor gimp.version else gimp.majorVersion;
+  majorVersion = if gimp.majorVersion == "2.0" then "2" else "3";
 
 in
 symlinkJoin {
@@ -25,16 +31,15 @@ symlinkJoin {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   postBuild = ''
-    for each in gimp-${versionBranch} gimp-console-${versionBranch}; do
+    for each in gimp-${exeVersion} gimp-console-${exeVersion}; do
       wrapProgram $out/bin/$each \
-        --set GIMP2_PLUGINDIR "$out/lib/gimp/2.0" \
-        --set GIMP2_DATADIR "$out/share/gimp/2.0" \
-        --prefix GTK_PATH : "${gnome-themes-extra}/lib/gtk-2.0" \
+        --set GIMP${majorVersion}_PLUGINDIR "$out/${gimp.targetLibDir}" \
+        --set GIMP${majorVersion}_DATADIR "$out/${gimp.targetDataDir}" \
         ${toString extraArgs}
     done
     set +x
     for each in gimp gimp-console; do
-      ln -sf "$each-${versionBranch}" $out/bin/$each
+      ln -sf "$each-${exeVersion}" $out/bin/$each
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic-qt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic-qt/package.nix
index 4a07ba02bcef..8e93a53a11e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic-qt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gm/gmic-qt/package.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeBool "ENABLE_DYNAMIC_LINKING" true)
     (lib.cmakeBool "ENABLE_SYSTEM_GMIC" true)
-    (lib.cmakeFeature "GMIC_QT_HOST" (if variant == "standalone" then "none" else variant))
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "GMIC_QT_HOST" (
+      if variant == "standalone" then
+        "none"
+      else if variant == "gimp" && gimp.majorVersion == "2.99" then
+        "gimp3"
+      else
+        variant
+    ))
   ];
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString (variant == "gimp") ''