diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/genxword/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/genxword/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..215542003ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/genxword/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, python3
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, gettext
+, gobject-introspection
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, pango
+, gtksourceview3
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "genxword";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "riverrun";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "00czdvyb5wnrk3x0g529afisl8v4frfys9ih0nzf1fs4jkzjcijg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    gobject-introspection
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gobject-introspection
+    pango
+    gtksourceview3
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    pycairo
+    pygobject3
+  ];
+
+  # to prevent double wrapping
+  dontWrapGApps = true;
+  preFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
+  '';
+
+  # there are no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "Crossword generator";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 17aabe58daa..57276594e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19387,6 +19387,8 @@ in
   geany = callPackage ../applications/editors/geany { };
   geany-with-vte = callPackage ../applications/editors/geany/with-vte.nix { };
 
+  genxword = callPackage ../applications/misc/genxword { };
+
   geoipupdate = callPackage ../applications/misc/geoipupdate/default.nix { };
 
   ghostwriter = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/editors/ghostwriter { };