diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..125428c449c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args: with args; stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dwm-5.1";
+ 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://code.suckless.org/dl/dwm/dwm-5.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "d8dca894c4805a845baca1c3f9b16299e1eaeab661fd3827b374e57b4c603bf8";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama ];
+ 
+  buildPhase = " make ";
+ 
+  meta = { homepage = "www.suckless.org";
+           description = "dynamic window manager for X";
+           license="MIT";
+         };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c5061d1c907..c854f51ffbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5944,6 +5944,11 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXinerama;
   };
 
+  dwm = import ../applications/window-managers/dwm {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXinerama;
+  }; 
+
   # building eclipise from source
   # experimental tested on x86_64-linux only
   eclipse_classic_src = import ../applications/editors/eclipse/eclipse_classic.nix {