diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/mousepad.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/mousepad.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..920151282a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/mousepad.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, libxfcegui4, gtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mousepad-0.2.16";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.xfce.org/archive/src/apps/mousepad/0.2/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "4e63033e0a71578f3ec9a0d2e6a505efd0424ef9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libxfce4util libxfcegui4 gtk ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.xfce.org/projects/mousepad/;
+    description = "A simple text editor for Xfce";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/ristretto.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/ristretto.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..198421e21d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/applications/ristretto.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libexif, gtk, thunar
+, exo, dbus_glib, libxfce4util, libxfcegui4, xfconf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ristretto-0.0.22";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.xfce.org/archive/src/apps/ristretto/0.0/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha1 = "bddbc8618ba67699ccf5ee4ea0b538b1be7fdb0a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ pkgconfig intltool libexif gtk thunar exo dbus_glib
+      libxfce4util libxfcegui4 xfconf
+    ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto;
+    description = "A fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bab382a263f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gtk-xfce-engine-2.6.0";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.6.2/src/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "a7be2f330833d150c5fb37f68a4c2138348b5446";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ pkgconfig intltool gtk ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.xfce.org/;
+    description = "GTK+ theme engine for Xfce";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/default.nix
index a6d2629c3b5..81c06316fd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4/default.nix
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ rec {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) libwnck libglade;
   };
 
-  thunar = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix {
-    #inherit (pkgs.gnome) libwnck libglade;
-  };
+  thunar = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix { };
+
+  gtk_xfce_engine = callPackage ./core/gtk-xfce-engine.nix { };
 
   #### APPLICATIONS
   
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) vte;
   };
 
+  mousepad = callPackage ./applications/mousepad.nix { };
+
+  ristretto = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix { };
+
   #### ART
 
   xfce4icontheme = callPackage ./art/xfce4-icon-theme.nix { };