diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xkbd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xkbd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccbb88bd1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xkbd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, freetype, libXrender, libXft, xextproto
+, xinput, libXi, libXext, libXtst, libXpm, libX11, xproto, autoreconfHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xkbd-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mahatma-kaganovich";
+    repo = "xkbd";
+    rev = name;
+    sha256 = "05ry6q75jq545kf6p20nhfywaqf2wdkfiyp6iwdpv9jh238hf7m9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    freetype libXrender libXft libXext libXtst libXpm libX11
+    libXi xextproto xinput xproto
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mahatma-kaganovich/xkbd;
+    description = "onscreen soft keyboard for X11";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.genesis ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 58cc7ed141a..132549fe483 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1456,6 +1456,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   onboard = callPackage ../applications/misc/onboard { };
 
+  xkbd = callPackage ../applications/misc/xkbd { };
+
   optar = callPackage ../tools/graphics/optar {};
 
   patdiff = callPackage ../tools/misc/patdiff { };