diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01df5d32ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpad/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook
+, glib, intltool, gtk3, gtksourceview }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xpad-${version}";
+  version = "5.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/xpad/trunk/${version}/+download/xpad-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "02yikxg6z9bwla09ka001ppjlpbv5kbza3za9asazm5aiz376mkb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib intltool gtk3 gtksourceview ];
+
+  autoreconfPhase = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A sticky note application for jotting down things to remember";
+    homepage = https://launchpad.net/xpad;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ michalrus ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f4940d14f06..a48f0a55f7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19335,6 +19335,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xosd = callPackage ../misc/xosd { };
 
+  xpad = callPackage ../applications/misc/xpad {
+    inherit (gnome3) gtksourceview;
+  };
+
   xsane = callPackage ../applications/graphics/sane/xsane.nix {
     libpng = libpng12;
   };