diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/i3minator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/i3minator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b16dc3b5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/i3minator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, pythonPackages, python }:
+
+let
+  i3-py = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    version = "0.6.4";
+    name = "i3-py-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/i3-py/i3-py-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1sgl438jrb4cdyl7hbc3ymwsf7y3zy09g1gh7ynilxpllp37jc8y";
+    };
+
+    # no tests in tarball
+    doCheck = false;
+  };
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "i3minator-${version}";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/carlesso/i3minator/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0ksb0frrhq10k5rjzk72kj5rjzak1irr9q4x4f22w2vylxq19xxa";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.pyyaml i3-py ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "i3 project manager similar to tmuxinator";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A simple "workspace manager" for i3. It allows to quickly
+      manage workspaces defining windows and their layout. The
+      project is inspired by tmuxinator and uses i3-py.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/carlesso/i3minator;
+    license = "WTFPL"; # http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 13de0149ed8..88feaa12091 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8148,6 +8148,8 @@ let
     inherit (xorg) libxkbfile;
     cairo = cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; };
   };
+  
+  i3minator = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3minator { };
 
   i3status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/status.nix { };