diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/oroborus.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/oroborus.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd7e3396864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/window-managers/oroborus.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.xserver.windowManager.oroborus;
+in
+{
+  ###### interface
+  options = {
+    services.xserver.windowManager.oroborus.enable = mkEnableOption "oroborus";
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    services.xserver.windowManager.session = singleton {
+      name = "oroborus";
+      start = ''
+        ${pkgs.oroborus}/bin/oroborus &
+        waitPID=$!
+      '';
+    };
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.oroborus ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/oroborus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/oroborus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..226b33be060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/oroborus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, freetype, fribidi
+, libSM, libICE, libXt, libXaw, libXmu
+, libXext, libXft, libXpm, libXrandr
+, libXrender, xextproto, libXinerama }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "oroborus-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.20";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype fribidi libSM libICE libXt libXaw libXmu libXext libXft libXpm libXrandr libXrender xextproto libXinerama ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/oroborus/oroborus_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "12bvk8x8rfnymbfbwmdcrd9g8m1zxbcq7rgvfdkjr0gnpi0aa82j";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A really minimalistic X window manager";
+    homepage = http://www.oroborus.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index acfc7525f5e..3e0c117617e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12127,6 +12127,10 @@ let
 
   openshift = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/openshift { };
 
+  oroborus = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/oroborus {
+    inherit (xlibs) libSM libICE libXt libXaw libXmu libXext libXft libXpm libXrandr libXrender xextproto libXinerama;
+  };
+
   panamax_api = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/panamax/api {
     ruby = ruby_2_1;
   };