diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 00398740..681edcd7 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ sub gnome_initial_setup {
     # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794825
     @nexts = grep {$_ ne 'software'} @nexts;
 
+    # note: in g-i-s 3.37.91 and later, the first screen has a "Start
+    # Setup" button, not a "Next" button. For code simplicity, we just
+    # have a needle for that button which has the next_button tag
     assert_screen ["next_button", "auth_required"], $args{timeout};
     # workaround auth dialog appearing to change timezone even
     # though timezone screen is disabled
diff --git a/needles/gnome/next_button-startsetup-20200818.json b/needles/gnome/next_button-startsetup-20200818.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c1226be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/gnome/next_button-startsetup-20200818.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "height": 21,
+      "ypos": 673,
+      "xpos": 474,
+      "width": 74,
+      "type": "match"
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "next_button",
+    "LANGUAGE-english"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/needles/gnome/next_button-startsetup-20200818.png b/needles/gnome/next_button-startsetup-20200818.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bd5404f
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