diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc11427f65aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "disper-0.3.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [python];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export makeFlags="PREFIX=$out"
+  '';
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ppa.launchpad.net/disper-dev/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/d/disper/disper_0.3.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1mfqidm5c89nknzksabqgjygdp57xpszz7hy2dxh39hpgrsk3l58";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Disper is an on-the-fly display switch utility.";
+    homepage = http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b5fae908580f..d33ba31d5c8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ let
 
   dirmngr = callPackage ../tools/security/dirmngr { };
 
+  disper = callPackage ../tools/misc/disper { };
+
   dmg2img = callPackage ../tools/misc/dmg2img { };
 
   docbook2x = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/docbook2x {