diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/systembus-notify/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/systembus-notify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28c1be4219d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/systembus-notify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, systemd }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "systembus-notify";
+  version = "1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rfjakob";
+    repo = "systembus-notify";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "11zq84qfmbyl51d3r6294l2bjhlgwa9bx7d263g9fkqrwsg0si0y";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ systemd ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dm755 systembus-notify -t $out/bin
+    install -Dm644 systembus-notify.desktop -t $out/etc/xdg/autostart
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "System bus notification daemon";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rfjakob/systembus-notify";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 553dc51b3362..5ed66b372678 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6907,6 +6907,8 @@ in
     libxml2 = libxml2Python;
    };
 
+  systembus-notify = callPackage ../applications/misc/systembus-notify { };
+
   stricat = callPackage ../tools/security/stricat { };
 
   staruml = callPackage ../tools/misc/staruml { inherit (gnome2) GConf; libgcrypt = libgcrypt_1_5; };