diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xgeometry-select/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xgeometry-select/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a7ff6872d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xgeometry-select/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name     = "${baseName}-${version}";
+  baseName = "xgeometry-select";
+  version  = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/obadz/7e008b1f803c4cdcfaf7321c78bcbe92/raw/7e7361e71ff0f74655ee92bd6d2c042f8586f2ae/xgeometry-select.c";
+    sha256 = "0s7kirgh5iz91m3qy8xiq0j4gljy8zrcnylf4szl5h0lrsaqj7ya";
+  };
+
+  phases = [ "buildPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    gcc -Wall -lX11 ${src} -o ${baseName}
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv -v ${baseName} $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Select a region with mouse and prints geometry information (x/y/w/h)";
+    homepage    = https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=660837;
+    license     = licenses.unknown;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5d69612867..e3cdc1137bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9408,6 +9408,8 @@ in
 
   xgboost = callPackage ../development/libraries/xgboost { };
 
+  xgeometry-select = callPackage ../tools/X11/xgeometry-select { };
+
   # Avoid using this. It isn't really a wrapper anymore, but we keep the name.
   xlibsWrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/xlibs-wrapper {
     packages = [