diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3950e4945cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mako/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, scdoc, systemd, pango, cairo
+, wayland, wayland-protocols }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mako-${version}";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "emersion";
+    repo = "mako";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "18krsyp9g6f689024dn1mq8dyj4yg8c3kcy5s88q1gm8py6c4493";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig scdoc ];
+  buildInputs = [ systemd pango cairo wayland wayland-protocols ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A lightweight Wayland notification daemon";
+    homepage = https://wayland.emersion.fr/mako/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dywedir ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e50ad0a0b45e..7967349aee64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17710,6 +17710,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   makeself = callPackage ../applications/misc/makeself { };
 
+  mako = callPackage ../applications/misc/mako { };
+
   mapmap = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/mapmap { };
 
   marathon = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/marathon { };