diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..466aa2071e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils , unzip, which, pkgconfig , dbus
+, freetype, xdg_utils , libXext, glib, pango , cairo, libX11
+, libxdg_basedir , libXScrnSaver, xproto, libXinerama , perl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dunst-0.5.0";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/knopwob/dunst/archive/v0.5.0.zip";
+    sha256 = "08myzhpb1afffcfk3mpmc7gs9305x853b0553fxf3lkgksmg70a6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+  [ coreutils unzip which pkgconfig dbus freetype
+    xdg_utils libXext glib pango cairo libX11 libxdg_basedir
+    libXScrnSaver xproto libXinerama perl];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    export VERSION=${version};
+    export PREFIX=$out;
+    make dunst;
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "lightweight and customizable notification daemon";
+    homepage = http://www.knopwob.org/dunst/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d3e4cca9a24..78cc5523066e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6772,6 +6772,8 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };
 
+  dunst = callPackage ../applications/misc/dunst { };
+
   dvb_apps  = callPackage ../applications/video/dvb-apps { };
 
   dvdauthor = callPackage ../applications/video/dvdauthor { };