diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index a25b20667ca..cee9f0023e2 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
   garbas = "Rok Garbas <rok@garbas.si>";
   garrison = "Jim Garrison <jim@garrison.cc>";
   gavin = "Gavin Rogers <gavin@praxeology.co.uk>";
+  gebner = "Gabriel Ebner <gebner@gebner.org>";
   globin = "Robin Gloster <robin@glob.in>";
   goibhniu = "Cillian de Róiste <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>";
   gridaphobe = "Eric Seidel <eric@seidel.io>";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index de86f11c6bb..23809796878 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   ./programs/dconf.nix
   ./programs/environment.nix
   ./programs/info.nix
+  ./programs/ibus.nix
   ./programs/light.nix
   ./programs/nano.nix
   ./programs/screen.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/ibus.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/ibus.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8702a743d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/ibus.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.ibus;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+
+    programs.ibus = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        example = true;
+        description = "Enable IBus input method";
+      };
+      plugins = mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.path;
+        default = [];
+        description = ''
+          IBus plugin packages
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ibus ];
+
+    gtkPlugins = [ pkgs.ibus ];
+    qtPlugins = [ pkgs.ibus-qt ];
+
+    environment.variables =
+      let
+        env = pkgs.buildEnv {
+          name = "ibus-env";
+          paths = [ pkgs.ibus ] ++ cfg.plugins;
+        };
+      in {
+        GTK_IM_MODULE = "ibus";
+        QT_IM_MODULE = "ibus";
+        XMODIFIERS = "@im=ibus";
+
+        IBUS_COMPONENT_PATH = "${env}/share/ibus/component";
+      };
+
+    services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = "${pkgs.ibus}/bin/ibus-daemon --daemonize --xim --cache=none";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-anthy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-anthy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df0790877ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-anthy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, ibus, anthy, intltool, pkgconfig, glib, gobjectIntrospection, python, pythonPackages }:
+
+let version = "1.5.4";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ibus-anthy-${version}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "IBus interface to the anthy input method";
+    homepace    = https://code.google.com/p/ibus/;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ibus anthy intltool pkgconfig glib gobjectIntrospection python pythonPackages.pygobject3 ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    for file in "$out"/libexec/*; do
+      wrapProgram "$file" \
+        --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH \
+        --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : $GI_TYPELIB_PATH:$out/lib/girepository-1.0
+    done
+  '';
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://ibus.googlecode.com/files/ibus-anthy-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "4c0a8b88a2c547e72173a7d682d82797f6c65fe712abe5f3b89495d4eec7b031";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-qt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c538d36ec59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-qt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ibus, cmake, pkgconfig, qt4, icu, doxygen }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ibus-qt-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ibus.googlecode.com/files/${name}-Source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "070c8ef4e6c74eddf7ddf4385936aed730c2dfe2160162e5c56b5158d1061a76";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    ibus cmake pkgconfig qt4 icu doxygen
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DQT_PLUGINS_DIR=lib/qt4/plugins" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage    = https://code.google.com/p/ibus/;
+    description = "Qt4 interface to the ibus input method";
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
rename to pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3115081638f..f48b9f15a45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -959,6 +959,12 @@ let
 
   anthy = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/anthy { };
 
+  ibus = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus { };
+
+  ibus-qt = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-qt { };
+
+  ibus-anthy = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-anthy { };
+
   biosdevname = callPackage ../tools/networking/biosdevname { };
 
   clamav = callPackage ../tools/security/clamav { };
@@ -4974,8 +4980,6 @@ let
 
   hyenae = callPackage ../tools/networking/hyenae { };
 
-  ibus = callPackage ../development/libraries/ibus { };
-
   icmake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/icmake { };
 
   iconnamingutils = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/icon-naming-utils {