diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/hsetroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/hsetroot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96241bd02cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/hsetroot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, imlib2, libX11, libXext }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hsetroot-1.0.2";
+
+  # The primary download site seems to no longer exist; use Gentoo's mirror for now.
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo/distfiles/hsetroot-1.0.2.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d6712d330b31122c077bfc712ec4e213abe1fe71ab24b9150ae2774ca3154fd7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ imlib2 libX11 libXext ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "hsetroot allows you to compose wallpapers ('root pixmaps') for X";
+    homepage = http://thegraveyard.org/hsetroot.html;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 808def18abd..4758e7e6d2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9155,6 +9155,8 @@ let
 
   gnome = recurseIntoAttrs gnome2;
 
+  hsetroot = callPackage ../tools/X11/hsetroot { };
+
   kde4 = recurseIntoAttrs pkgs.kde410;
 
   kde48 = kdePackagesFor (pkgs.kde48 // {