diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/humanity-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/humanity-icon-theme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62085110f513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/humanity-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gtk3, gnome3, hicolor-icon-theme }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "humanity-icon-theme";
+  version = "0.6.15";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/${pname}_${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "19ja47468s3jfabvakq9wknyfclfr31a9vd11p3mhapfq8jv9g4x";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme
+    hicolor-icon-theme
+  ];
+
+  dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons
+    cp -a Humanity* $out/share/icons
+    rm $out/share/icons/*/{AUTHORS,CONTRIBUTORS,COPYING}
+
+    for theme in $out/share/icons/*; do
+      gtk-update-icon-cache $theme
+    done
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Humanity icons from Ubuntu";
+    homepage = "https://launchpad.net/humanity/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 86cee3a17203..0771c887105c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17820,6 +17820,8 @@ in
 
   hermit = callPackage ../data/fonts/hermit { };
 
+  humanity-icon-theme = callPackage ../data/icons/humanity-icon-theme { };
+
   hyperscrypt-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/hyperscrypt { };
 
   ia-writer-duospace = callPackage ../data/fonts/ia-writer-duospace { };