diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..515e3067365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager-applet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, glib, libglade
+, networkmanager, GConf, libnotify, gnome_keyring, dbus_glib
+, polkit}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "network-manager-applet-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/network-manager-applet/0.8/network-manager-applet-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0rn3mr0v8i3bkfhpvx6bbyhv1i6j6s120pkayq2318bg5ivbk12a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig gtk glib libglade networkmanager GConf libnotify
+                  gnome_keyring dbus_glib polkit];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/;
+    description = "NetworkManager control appler for GNOME.";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 400fceb698c..11d7df1b94d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -972,6 +972,8 @@ let
 
   networkmanager = callPackage ../tools/networking/network-manager { };
 
+  networkmanagerapplet = newScope gnome ../tools/networking/network-manager-applet { };
+
   nilfs_utils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils {};
 
   nmap = callPackage ../tools/security/nmap {