diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a9d66974388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, cmake }:
+
+let
+  baseName = "libdbusmenu-qt";
+  v = "0.5.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${baseName}-${v}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://launchpad.net/${baseName}/trunk/${v}/+download/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0ipz1f08d2wgg18l12wssv9lhm66xhj31a1dbikg2rzw7c6bvjvk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 ];
+  
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Provides a Qt implementation of the DBusMenu spec";
+    homepage = http://people.canonical.com/~agateau/dbusmenu/;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.urkud ];
+    inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa43a42e980b..ef97816df423 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4003,6 +4003,10 @@ let
 
   libcCross = assert crossSystem != null; libcCrossChooser crossSystem.libc;
 
+  libdbusmenu_qt = makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt) {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl qt4 cmake;
+  };
+
   libdwg = import ../development/libraries/libdwg {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl;
   };