diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/phwmon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/phwmon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5dd22bfbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/phwmon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, pythonPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "phwmon-${version}";
+  version = "2016-03-13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "o9000";
+    repo = "phwmon";
+    rev = "90247ceaff915ad1040352c5cc9195e4153472d4";
+    sha256 = "1gkjfmd8rai7bl1j7jz9drmzlw72n7mczl0akv39ya4l6k8plzvv";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.pygtk pythonPackages.psutil ];
+
+  pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.pygtk pythonPackages.psutil ];
+  
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace install.sh --replace "/usr/local" "$out"
+  '';
+    
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/applications
+    ./install.sh
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://gitlab.com/o9000/phwmon;
+    description = "Hardware monitor (CPU, memory, network and disk I/O) for the system tray";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f15c65b0ff5..c7e68726fec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13672,6 +13672,8 @@ in
 
   phototonic = qt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/phototonic { };
 
+  phwmon = callPackage ../applications/misc/phwmon { };
+
   pianobar = callPackage ../applications/audio/pianobar { };
 
   pianobooster = callPackage ../applications/audio/pianobooster { };