diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb2631bd5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xdaliclock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , libX11, xproto, libXt, libICE
+  , libSM, libXext
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="xdaliclock";
+    version="2.35";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    project="${baseName}";
+    url="http://www.jwz.org/${project}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="0iybha2d0wqb4wkpw7l1zi3zhw57kqh3y7p4ja1k0fmvrzqc08g7";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "prepareDirs" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  prepareDirs = a.fullDepEntry ''
+    ensureDir "$out/bin" "$out/share" "$out/share/man/man1"
+  '' ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
+
+  goSrcDir = "cd X11";
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "A clock application that morphs digits when they are changed";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux ++ freebsd;
+    license = "free";
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://www.jwz.org/xdaliclock/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6919614b5e5..d5096c50e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6906,6 +6906,8 @@ let
 
   xcompmgr = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/xcompmgr { };
 
+  xdaliclock = callPackage ../tools/misc/xdaliclock {};
+
   xdg_utils = callPackage ../tools/X11/xdg-utils { };
 
   xen = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/xen {