diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
index d58a6e4a0df5..b077ad184769 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/default.nix
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
   cinnamon-translations = callPackage ./cinnamon-translations { };
   cinnamon-settings-daemon = callPackage ./cinnamon-settings-daemon { };
   cjs = callPackage ./cjs { };
+  nemo = callPackage ./nemo { };
   xapps = callPackage ./xapps { };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/nemo/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/nemo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..419aaf249f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/nemo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, glib
+, gobject-introspection
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, stdenv
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, libxml2
+, gtk3
+, libnotify
+, cinnamon-desktop
+, xapps
+, libexif
+, exempi
+, intltool
+, shared-mime-info
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nemo";
+  version = "4.4.1";
+
+  # TODO: add plugins support (see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/78327)
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linuxmint";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0sskq0rssxvna937md446x1489hkhxys1zq03hvl8asjqa259w2q";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch { # details see https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/pull/2303
+      url = "https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/pull/2303/commits/9c1ec7812abe712419317df07d6b64623e8f639d.patch";
+      sha256 = "09dz7lq3i47rbvycawrxwgjmd9g1mhb76ibx2vq85wck6r08arml";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    libnotify
+    cinnamon-desktop
+    libxml2
+    xapps
+    libexif
+    exempi
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    pkgconfig
+    ninja
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    intltool
+    shared-mime-info
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # TODO: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36468
+    "-Dc_args=-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo";
+    description = "File browser for Cinnamon";
+    license = [ licenses.gpl2 licenses.lgpl2 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mkg20001 ];
+  };
+}