diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df253b3b4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tilix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, dmd, gnome3, dbus
+, gsettings_desktop_schemas, libsecret, desktop_file_utils, gettext, gtkd
+, perlPackages, wrapGAppsHook, xdg_utils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tilix-${version}";
+  version = "1.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gnunn1";
+    repo = "tilix";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "10nw3q6s941dm44bkfryl1xclr1xy1vjr2n8w7g6kfahpcazf8f8";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook dmd desktop_file_utils perlPackages.Po4a pkgconfig xdg_utils
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [ gnome3.dconf gettext gsettings_desktop_schemas gtkd dbus ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray=(PERL5LIB="${perlPackages.Po4a}/lib/perl5")
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = with gnome3; ''
+    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+  '';
+
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/com.gexperts.Tilix.desktop \
+      --replace "Exec=tilix" "Exec=$out/bin/tilix"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Tiling terminal emulator following the Gnome Human Interface Guidelines.";
+    homepage = "https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web";
+    licence = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [ midchildan ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3070eb7a0f4..bbbdc32f154 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4340,6 +4340,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tie = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/tie { };
 
+  tilix = callPackage ../applications/misc/tilix { };
+
   tinc_pre = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix { };
 
   tiny8086 = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/8086tiny { };