diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/9menu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/9menu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e6b7b3bcbec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/9menu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, meson
+, ninja
+, libX11
+, libXext
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "9menu";
+  version = "unstable-2021-02-24";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "arnoldrobbins";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "00cbf99c48dc580ca28f81ed66c89a98b7a182c8";
+    sha256 = "arca8Gbr4ytiCk43cifmNj7SUrDgn1XB26zAhZrVDs0=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config meson ninja ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/arnoldrobbins/9menu";
+    description = "Simple X11 menu program for running commands";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = libX11.meta.platforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33e67fba1260..b50bf24c0ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -30046,6 +30046,8 @@ in
 
   bemenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/bemenu { };
 
+  _9menu = callPackage ../applications/misc/9menu { };
+
   dapper = callPackage ../development/tools/dapper { };
 
   kube3d =  callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kube3d {};