diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6c0feede6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/albert/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, qtx11extras, makeQtWrapper, muparser, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "albert-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "manuelschneid3r";
+    repo   = "albert";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0lzj1gbcc5sp2x1c0d3s21y55kcnnn4dmy8d205mrgnyavjrak7n";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qtbase qtx11extras muparser makeQtWrapper ];
+
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    wrapQtProgram $out/bin/albert
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage    = https://github.com/manuelSchneid3r/albert;
+    description = "Desktop agnostic launcher";
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ericsagnes ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a14986b6b311..0024b915acac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ let
 
   aj-snapshot  = callPackage ../applications/audio/aj-snapshot { };
 
+  albert = qt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/albert {};
+
   analog = callPackage ../tools/admin/analog {};
 
   apktool = callPackage ../development/tools/apktool {