diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xsuspender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsuspender/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef9ce3393619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xsuspender/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, makeWrapper, pkgconfig
+, glib, libwnck3, procps }:
+
+with lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xsuspender-${version}";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kernc";
+    repo = "xsuspender";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "03lbga68dxg89d227sdwk1f5xj4r1pmj0qh2kasi2cqh8ll7qv4b";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" "doc" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib libwnck3 ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xsuspender \
+      --prefix PATH : "${makeBinPath [ procps ]}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Auto-suspend inactive X11 applications.";
+    homepage = "https://kernc.github.io/xsuspender/";
+    license = licenses.wtfpl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a0e3075b8d0f..7ef0e9a56ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20342,6 +20342,8 @@ in
     inherit (gnome2) libglade;
   };
 
+  xsuspender = callPackage ../applications/misc/xsuspender {  };
+
   xss-lock = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/xss-lock { };
 
   xloadimage = callPackage ../tools/X11/xloadimage { };