diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/common.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/common.nix
index 8be4ac09e14..a7e64707f91 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/common.nix
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
     #### APPLICATIONS
     #TODO: correct links; more stuff
 
-    xfce4notifyd      = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix      { v= "0.2.2"; h= "0s4ilc36sl5k5mg5727rmqims1l3dy5pwg6dk93wyjqnqbgnhvmn"; };
-    gigolo            = callPackage ./applications/gigolo.nix             { v= "0.4.1"; h= "1y8p9bbv1a4qgbxl4vn6zbag3gb7gl8qj75cmhgrrw9zrvqbbww2"; };
-    xfce4taskmanager  = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix  { v= "1.0.0"; h= "1vm9gw7j4ngjlpdhnwdf7ifx6xrrn21011almx2vwidhk2f9zvy0"; };
-    mousepad          = callPackage ./applications/mousepad.nix           { v= "0.3.0"; h= "0v84zwhjv2xynvisn5vmp7dbxfj4l4258m82ks7hn3adk437bwhh"; };
-    thunar_volman     = callPackage ./core/thunar-volman.nix              { };
+    xfce4notifyd           = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix      { v= "0.2.2"; h= "0s4ilc36sl5k5mg5727rmqims1l3dy5pwg6dk93wyjqnqbgnhvmn"; };
+    gigolo                 = callPackage ./applications/gigolo.nix             { v= "0.4.1"; h= "1y8p9bbv1a4qgbxl4vn6zbag3gb7gl8qj75cmhgrrw9zrvqbbww2"; };
+    xfce4taskmanager       = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-taskmanager.nix  { v= "1.0.0"; h= "1vm9gw7j4ngjlpdhnwdf7ifx6xrrn21011almx2vwidhk2f9zvy0"; };
+    mousepad               = callPackage ./applications/mousepad.nix           { v= "0.3.0"; h= "0v84zwhjv2xynvisn5vmp7dbxfj4l4258m82ks7hn3adk437bwhh"; };
+    thunar_volman          = callPackage ./core/thunar-volman.nix              { };
+    thunar_archive_plugin  = callPackage ./core/thunar-archive-plugin.nix      { };
+
 
     #### ART
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-archive-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-archive-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62b04caaa34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/core/thunar-archive-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, thunar, intltool, exo, gtk, udev, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfconf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name  = "thunar-archive-plugin-${version}";
+  maj_ver = "0.3";
+  version = "${maj_ver}.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://xfce/src/thunar-plugins/${name}/${maj_ver}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1sxw09fwyn5sr6ipxk7r8gqjyf41c2v7vkgl0l6mhy5mcb48f27z";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig thunar intltool exo gtk udev libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-archive-plugin/;
+    description = "The Thunar Archive Plugin allows you to create and extract archive files using the file context menus in the Thunar file manager";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 7ac61abb87b..a6107d0a870 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ xfce_self = rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-od
   libxfcegui4     = callPackage ./core/libxfcegui4.nix { };
   thunar          = callPackage ./core/thunar.nix { };
   thunar_volman   = callPackage ./core/thunar-volman.nix { }; # ToDo: probably inside Thunar now
+  thunar_archive_plugin  = callPackage ./core/thunar-archive-plugin.nix { };
   tumbler         = callPackage ./core/tumbler.nix { };
   xfce4panel      = callPackage ./core/xfce4-panel.nix { }; # ToDo: impure plugins from /run/current-system/sw/lib/xfce4
   xfce4session    = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session.nix { };