diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c96ddcbaf21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/eww/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, gtk3
+, withWayland ? false
+, gtk-layer-shell
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "eww";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "elkowar";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "050zc3w1z9f2vg6sz86mdxf345gd3s3jf09gf4y8y1mqkzs86b8x";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-LejnTVv9rhL9CVW1fgj2gFv4amHQeziu5uaH2ae8AAw=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 ] ++ lib.optional withWayland gtk-layer-shell;
+
+  cargoBuildFlags = [ "--bin" "eww" ] ++ lib.optionals withWayland [
+    "--no-default-features"
+    "--features=wayland"
+  ];
+
+  cargoTestFlags = cargoBuildFlags;
+
+  # requires unstable rust features
+  RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "ElKowars wacky widgets";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/elkowar/eww";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29b44acfc8a0..ee7696160b1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24565,6 +24565,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   evilpixie = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/evilpixie { };
 
+  eww = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/eww { };
+  eww-wayland = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/eww {
+    withWayland = true;
+  };
+
   exaile = callPackage ../applications/audio/exaile { };
 
   exercism = callPackage ../applications/misc/exercism { };