diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 4952972eb4de..5337aa6d9120 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2123,6 +2123,12 @@
     githubId = 10492681;
     name = "Michael Hoang";
   };
+  eonpatapon = {
+    email = "eon@patapon.info";
+    github = "eonpatapon";
+    githubId = 418227;
+    name = "Jean-Philippe Braun";
+  };
   eperuffo = {
     email = "info@emanueleperuffo.com";
     github = "emanueleperuffo";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-layer-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-layer-shell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c00e8035f18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk-layer-shell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, wayland
+, gtk3
+, gobject-introspection
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gtk-layer-shell";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wmww";
+    repo = "gtk-layer-shell";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1fwvlbwp5w1zly6mksvlzbx18ikq4bh7pdj9q0k94qlj6x2zdwg8";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    wayland gtk3 gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dout=${placeholder "out"}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using the Layer Shell protocol";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eonpatapon ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b8ccb319ba54..968da87ce232 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11775,6 +11775,8 @@ in
 
   gtkspellmm = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkspellmm { };
 
+  gtk-layer-shell = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk-layer-shell { };
+
   gts = callPackage ../development/libraries/gts { };
 
   gumbo = callPackage ../development/libraries/gumbo { };