diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xrestop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xrestop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5158963258c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xrestop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xlibs, pkgconfig, ncurses }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "xrestop-${version}";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gentoo/distfiles/xrestop-0.4.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0mz27jpij8am1s32i63mdm58znfijcpfhdqq1npbmvgclyagrhk7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig xlibs.libX11 xlibs.libXres xlibs.libXext ncurses ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index effaf77680c3..4eea44cfdf0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8794,6 +8794,8 @@ let
 
   xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra { };
 
+  xrestop = callPackage ../tools/X11/xrestop { };
+
   xscreensaver = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/xscreensaver {
     inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };