diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/autocutsel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/autocutsel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..871dc5e130a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/autocutsel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXaw}:
+
+let
+  name = "autocutsel-0.9.0";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit name;
+ 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/autocutsel/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0hp335qq57l0kp58pfwb0bk930zx5497frq8y0lzr4icvk1fpw5y";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXaw ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp autocutsel $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/";
+    description = "Autocutsel tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and CLIPBOARD selection.";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1cb1624fef85..e0cc4a117b6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3050,6 +3050,8 @@ let
   autoconf = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/autoconf { };
 
   autoconf213 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/autoconf/2.13.nix { };
+ 
+  autocutsel = callPackage ../tools/X11/autocutsel{ };
 
   automake = automake112x;