diff --git a/pkgs/misc/screensavers/physlock/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/screensavers/physlock/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..683b7012058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/screensavers/physlock/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "git-20150126";
+  name = "physlock-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "muennich";
+    repo   = "physlock";
+    rev    = "b64dccc8c22710f8bf01eb5419590cdb0e65cabb";
+    sha256 = "1dapkwj3y6bb4j8q4glms7zsqm7drr37nrnr30sbahwq67rnvzcc";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace /usr/local $out \
+      --replace "-m 4755 -o root -g root" ""
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A secure suspend/hibernate-friendly alternative to `vlock -an` without PAM support";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 01d190b36d0..359b4db1e58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13716,6 +13716,8 @@ let
 
   phabricator = callPackage ../misc/phabricator { };
 
+  physlock = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/physlock { };
+
   pjsip = callPackage ../applications/networking/pjsip { };
 
   polytable = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/polytable { };