diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc166ba20d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xdg-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xdg-utils-1.0.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1b019d3r1379b60p33d6z44kx589xjgga62ijz9vha95dg8vgbi1";
+  };
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/;
+    description = "A set of command line tools that assist applications with a variety of desktop integration tasks";
+    license = "free";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index baeb0ba6eee..280aaeb9405 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8404,6 +8404,10 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libXcomposite libXfixes libXdamage libXrender;
   };
 
+  xdg_utils = import ../tools/X11/xdg-utils {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl;
+  };
+
   /* Doesn't work yet
 
   xen = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/virtualization/xen) {