diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-m17n/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-m17n/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30329c4306f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-m17n/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ibus, m17n_lib, m17n_db, automake, autoconf,
+  gettext, libtool, pkgconfig, python, pythonPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ibus-m17n-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "ibus";
+    repo   = "ibus-m17n";
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "1n0bvgc4jyksgvzrw5zs2pxcpxcn3gcc0j2kasbznm34fpv3frsr";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ 
+    ibus m17n_lib m17n_db automake autoconf gettext 
+    libtool pkgconfig python pythonPackages.pygobject3 
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    autoreconf --verbose --force --install
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    isIbusEngine = true;
+    description  = "m17n engine for ibus.";
+    homepage     = https://github.com.com/ibus/ibus-m17n;
+    license      = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms    = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers  = with maintainers; [ ericsagnes ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 89af7ad5a8c9..3929c174b134 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1180,6 +1180,8 @@ let
 
     hangul = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-hangul { };
 
+    m17n = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-m17n { };
+
     mozc = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-mozc {
       inherit (pythonPackages) gyp;
     };