diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/setroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/setroot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74e0ed8d029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/setroot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, libX11, imlib2
+, enableXinerama ? true, libXinerama ? null
+}:
+
+assert enableXinerama -> libXinerama != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.4.4";
+  name = "setroot-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ttzhou";
+    repo = "setroot";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0vphma0as8pnqrakdw6gaiiz7xawb4y72sc9dna755kkclgbyl8m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 imlib2 ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableXinerama libXinerama;
+
+  buildFlags = if enableXinerama then "xinerama=1" else "xinerama=0";
+
+  installFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out) PREFIX=";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple X background setter inspired by imlibsetroot and feh";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ttzhou/setroot;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 90bc9bfdc6b..318d53e9a34 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3037,6 +3037,8 @@ let
 
   seccure = callPackage ../tools/security/seccure { };
 
+  setroot = callPackage  ../tools/X11/setroot { };
+
   setserial = callPackage ../tools/system/setserial { };
 
   seqdiag = pythonPackages.seqdiag;