diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bar/xft.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bar/xft.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c671f1a4e037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/bar/xft.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, perl, libxcb, libXft }:
+
+let
+  version = "2015-07-23";
+in
+  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "bar-xft-git-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/krypt-n/bar";
+      rev = "020a3e1848ce03287886e9ff80b0b443e9aed543";
+      sha256 = "1xzs37syhlwyjfxnk36qnij5bqa0mi53lf1k851viw4qai2bfkgr";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ libxcb libXft perl ];
+
+    prePatch = ''sed -i "s@/usr@$out@" Makefile'';
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "A lightweight xcb based bar with XFT-support";
+      homepage = https://github.com/krypt-n/bar;
+      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.hiberno ];
+      license = "Custom";
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9bf619201af7..ebc0403a2343 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10769,6 +10769,8 @@ let
 
   bar = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/bar { };
 
+  bar-xft = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/bar/xft.nix { };
+
   baresip = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/baresip {
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_1;
   };