diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4798ae5a0248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/pmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, pythonPackages, gnome }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pmenu-${version}";
+  version = "2016-05-13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "o9000";
+    repo = "pmenu";
+    rev = "90b722de345cff56f8ec0908a0e8a7d733c0c671";
+    sha256 = "15bkvadr7ab44mc8gkdqs3w14cm498mwf72w5rjm2rdh55357jjh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.pygtk gnome.gnome_menus ];
+
+  pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.pygtk ];
+  
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace install.sh --replace "/usr/local" "$out"
+  '';
+    
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/applications
+    ./install.sh
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://gitlab.com/o9000/pmenu;
+    description = "Start menu for Linux/BSD";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17b0c4a23fc8..63ca1c8258db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13741,6 +13741,8 @@ in
 
   plugin-torture = callPackage ../applications/audio/plugin-torture { };
 
+  pmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/pmenu { };
+
   poezio = python3Packages.poezio;
 
   pommed = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pommed {};