diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dbe6084dc4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kmsxx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, pkgconfig, libdrm, pythonBindings ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "kmsxx-2017-10-03";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/tomba/kmsxx";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    rev = "35d54fdddd6d7add49efbb0d9dec30816de96c90";
+    sha256 = "144gjqz6bxsn4j7k8q8309ph9czmr8rd4vzwfayw3airplnz5zka";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString (pythonBindings == null) [ "-DKMSXX_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libdrm ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonBindings != null) pythonBindings;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C++11 library, utilities and python bindings for Linux kernel mode setting";
+    homepage = https://github.com/tomba/kmsxx;
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.gnidorah ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd3eef00f037..9b783f08de4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12310,6 +12310,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kmscube = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kmscube { };
 
+  kmsxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx { };
+
   latencytop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/latencytop { };
 
   ldm = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ldm { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4fbf5333917a..b575bb59b62a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15604,6 +15604,10 @@ in {
   pika-pool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pika-pool { };
   platformio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/platformio { };
 
+  pykms = callPackage ../development/libraries/kmsxx {
+    pythonBindings = python;
+  };
+
   pylibconfig2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pylibconfig2-${version}";
     version = "0.2.4";