diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e2b11a1f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/playerctl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, which, gnome, glib,
+  pkgconfig, gobjectIntrospection }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "playerctl";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "acrisci";
+    repo = "playerctl";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0dy6wc7qr00p53hlhpbg9x40w4ag95r2i7r1nsyb4ym3wzrvskzh";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    which autoconf automake libtool gnome.gtkdoc glib pkgconfig
+    gobjectIntrospection
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement MPRIS";
+    homepage = https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ puffnfresh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c1968298657..14de089b160 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ let
     pynotify = pythonPackages.notify;
   };
 
+  playerctl = callPackage ../tools/audio/playerctl { };
+
   syscall_limiter = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/syscall_limiter {};
 
   syslogng = callPackage ../tools/system/syslog-ng { };