diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/vifm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/vifm/default.nix
index 81563254abd7..f71e7a7a9602 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/vifm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/vifm/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper
 , pkgconfig
 , ncurses, libX11
 , utillinux, file, which, groff
+
+  # adds support for handling removable media (vifm-media). Linux only!
+, mediaSupport ? false, python3 ? null, udisks2 ? null, lib ? null 
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "vifm";
+let isFullPackage = mediaSupport;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = if isFullPackage then "vifm-full" else "vifm";
   version = "0.10.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -13,13 +17,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0fyhxh7ndjn8fyjhj14ymkr3pjcs3k1xbs43g7xvvq85vdb6y04r";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ ncurses libX11 utillinux file which groff ];
 
+  postFixup = let
+    path = lib.makeBinPath 
+      [ udisks2 
+        (python3.withPackages (p: [p.dbus-python]))
+      ];
+
+    wrapVifmMedia = "wrapProgram $out/share/vifm/vifm-media --prefix PATH : ${path}";
+  in ''
+    ${if mediaSupport then wrapVifmMedia else ""}
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "A vi-like file manager";
+    description = ''A vi-like file manager${if isFullPackage then "; Includes support for optional features" else ""}'';
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    platforms = if mediaSupport then platforms.linux else platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     downloadPage = "https://vifm.info/downloads.shtml";
     homepage = https://vifm.info/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15f43e0977f4..b82a15dceebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6942,6 +6942,11 @@ in
 
   vifm = callPackage ../applications/misc/vifm { };
 
+  vifm-full = callPackage ../applications/misc/vifm { 
+    mediaSupport = true;
+    inherit lib udisks2 python3;
+  };
+
   viking = callPackage ../applications/misc/viking {
     inherit (gnome2) scrollkeeper;
   };