diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65df49a5a1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-translations/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, gettext
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cinnamon-translations";
+  version = "4.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linuxmint";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0hh6shfj7vc1mw814l38cakfmh135ba8j604h1rmx4zwspwgvgzh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mv usr $out # files get installed like so: msgfmt -o usr/share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/$dir.mo $file
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-translations";
+    description = "Translations files for the Cinnamon desktop";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
index cbf066decb0b..456fb960c626 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   cinnamon-desktop = callPackage ./cinnamon-desktop { };
   cinnamon-menus = callPackage ./cinnamon-menus { };
+  cinnamon-translations = callPackage ./cinnamon-translations { };
   cjs = callPackage ./cjs { };
   xapps = callPackage ./xapps { };
 })