diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/tabbed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/tabbed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79d00cb823e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/tabbed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchhg, xproto, libX11, patches ? []}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tabbed-20120209";
+ 
+  src = fetchhg {
+    url = http://hg.suckless.org/tabbed;
+    tag = "d7542a6f6dc5";
+    sha256 = "1963jsazfmh5k7923c1mfwppz1xbh48z16j0sa64fiscq22as2gj";
+  };
+
+  # Allow users set their own list of patches
+  inherit patches;
+
+  buildInputs = [ xproto libX11 ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    export makeFlags="PREFIX=$out"
+  '';
+ 
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://tools.suckless.org/tabbed;
+    description = "Simple generic tabbed fronted to xembed aware applications";
+    license="MIT"
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b4d588a92084..b983c76c88c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7354,6 +7354,8 @@ let
   # linux only by now
   synergy = callPackage ../applications/misc/synergy { };
 
+  tabbed = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/tabbed { };
+
   tahoelafs = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/tahoe-lafs {
     inherit (pythonPackages) twisted foolscap simplejson nevow zfec
       pycryptopp pysqlite darcsver setuptoolsTrial setuptoolsDarcs