diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43ff1d73f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, dbus, cmake, pkgconfig
+, glib, udev, polkit, libmodule
+, pcre, libXdmcp, utillinux, libpthreadstubs
+, enableDdc ? true, ddcutil
+, enableDpms ? true, libXext
+, enableGamma ? true, libXrandr
+, enableScreen ? true }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "clightd";
+  version = "3.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FedeDP";
+    repo = "Clightd";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0g6kawizwfhvigkwm7rbfq6rg872xn8igy8n355w4d7mmcxk0jf8";
+  };
+
+  # dbus-1.pc has datadir=/etc
+  SYSTEM_BUS_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/system-services";
+  # systemd.pc has prefix=${systemd.out}
+  MODULE_LOAD_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/modules-load.d";
+  # polkit-gobject-1.pc has prefix=${polkit.out}
+  POLKIT_ACTION_DIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/polkit-1/actions";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s@/etc@$out\0@" CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(SYSTEM_BUS_DIR.*@set(SYSTEM_BUS_DIR $SYSTEM_BUS_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(MODULE_LOAD_DIR.*@set(MODULE_LOAD_DIR $MODULE_LOAD_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i "s@pkg_get_variable(POLKIT_ACTION_DIR.*@set(POLKIT_ACTION_DIR $POLKIT_ACTION_DIR)@" CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = with lib;
+     optional enableDdc "-DENABLE_DDC=1"
+  ++ optional enableDpms "-DENABLE_DPMS=1"
+  ++ optional enableGamma "-DENABLE_GAMMA=1"
+  ++ optional enableScreen "-DENABLE_SCREEN=1";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    dbus
+    cmake
+    pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = with lib; [
+    glib
+    udev
+    polkit
+    libmodule
+
+    pcre
+    libXdmcp
+    utillinux
+    libpthreadstubs
+  ] ++ optional enableDdc ddcutil
+    ++ optional enableDpms libXext
+    ++ optional enableGamma libXrandr;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -svT $out/lib/clightd/clightd $out/bin/clightd
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Linux bus interface that changes screen brightness/temperature";
+    homepage = https://github.com/FedeDP/Clightd;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      eadwu
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b44ae8f305d..5a89d9cb92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17335,6 +17335,8 @@ in
 
   cligh = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/github/cligh {};
 
+  clightd = callPackage ../applications/misc/clight/clightd.nix { };
+
   clipgrab = qt5.callPackage ../applications/video/clipgrab { };
 
   clipmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/clipmenu { };