diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a71531eebc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xidlehook/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, x11, xorg, libpulseaudio, pkgconfig, patchelf }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "xidlehook-${version}";
+  version = "0.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jD91mZM2";
+    repo = "xidlehook";
+    rev = version;
+
+    sha256 = "0h84ichm1v2wdmm4w1n7jr70yfb9hhi7kykvd99ppg00h1x9lr7w";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0a1bl6fnfw6xy71q3b5zij52p9skylj1ivqj8my44bfsid2qfn7d";
+
+  buildInputs = [ x11 xorg.libXScrnSaver libpulseaudio ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig patchelf ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    RPATH="$(patchelf --print-rpath $out/bin/xidlehook)"
+    patchelf --set-rpath "$RPATH:${libpulseaudio}/lib" $out/bin/xidlehook
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "xautolock rewrite in Rust, with a few extra features";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jD91mZM2/xidlehook;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jD91mZM2 ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7fb532e14c47..69729734d7db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5772,6 +5772,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xiccd = callPackage ../tools/misc/xiccd { };
 
+  xidlehook = callPackage ../tools/X11/xidlehook {};
+
   xorriso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/xorriso { };
 
   xpf = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/xpf {