diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/wmctrl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/wmctrl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..901eab0d1a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/wmctrl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, glib, pkgconfig, libXmu }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  
+  name = "wmctrl-1.07";
+ 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://tomas.styblo.name/wmctrl/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1afclc57b9017a73mfs9w7lbdvdipmf9q0xdk116f61gnvyix2np";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXmu glib pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://tomas.styblo.name/wmctrl/;
+    description = "wmctrl is a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager";
+    license = "GPL";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 760a84c48a29..5a1f97a6953f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8648,6 +8648,8 @@ let
 
   wmname = callPackage ../applications/misc/wmname { };
 
+  wmctrl = callPackage ../tools/X11/wmctrl { };
+
   # I'm keen on wmiimenu only  >wmii-3.5 no longer has it...
   wmiimenu = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii31 {
     libixp = libixp_for_wmii;