diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c8d6f37c7c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xsel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, x11}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "xsel-0.9.6";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/download/xsel-0.9.6.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "cec2fb09a4101b7f2beab8094234e2f4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [x11];
+}