diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wmname/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wmname/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..417d4a5ae683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wmname/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wmname-0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://dl.suckless.org/tools/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "559ad188b2913167dcbb37ecfbb7ed474a7ec4bbcb0129d8d5d08cb9208d02c5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  preConfigure = [ ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'' ];
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "Prints or set the window manager name property of the root window";
+      homepage = "http://tools.suckless.org/wmname";
+      license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f172b46ad18f..87aa10b90fb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7942,6 +7942,8 @@ let
 
   wings = callPackage ../applications/graphics/wings { };
 
+  wmname = callPackage ../applications/misc/wmname { };
+
   # I'm keen on wmiimenu only  >wmii-3.5 no longer has it...
   wmiimenu = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii31 {
     libixp = libixp_for_wmii;