diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xtruss/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xtruss/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..043514ebb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xtruss/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xtruss";
+  version = "20181001.82973f5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/xtruss/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1mm8k92zc318jk71wlf2r4rb723nd9lalhjl0pf48raiajb5ifgd";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "easy-to-use X protocol tracing program";
+    homepage = https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/xtruss;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3be4991756c..8d2719f91ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20456,6 +20456,8 @@ in
 
   xtrace = callPackage ../tools/X11/xtrace { };
 
+  xtruss = callPackage ../tools/X11/xtruss { };
+
   xmacro = callPackage ../tools/X11/xmacro { };
 
   xmlcopyeditor = callPackage ../applications/editors/xmlcopyeditor { };