diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status-rust.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status-rust.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05965fc37174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/status-rust.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, dbus, gperftools }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "i3status-rust-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.0.2017-11-09";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "greshake";
+    repo = "i3status-rust";
+    rev = "5daf2cdd611bed3db804d011d5d5af34b558e615";
+    sha256 = "0j6h7x5mm3m7wq0if20qxc9z3qw29xgf5qb3sqwdbdpz8ykpqdgk";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "1197hp6d4z14j0r22bvw9ly294li0ivg6yfql4lgi27hbvzag71h";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ dbus gperftools ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Very resource-friendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status";
+    homepage = https://github.com/greshake/i3status-rust;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.backuitist ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1f47193e4c35..c0086feddf54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15164,6 +15164,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   i3status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix { };
 
+  i3status-rust = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status-rust.nix { };
+
   i810switch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/i810switch { };
 
   icewm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/icewm {};