diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d55e22c5a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl #, libX11, libXinerama, enableXft, libXft, zlib
+, swc, wld, wayland, libxkbcommon, pixman, fontconfig
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dmenu-wayland-${version}";
+  version = "git-2014-11-02";
+  rev = "6e08b77428cc3c406ed2e90d4cae6c41df76341e";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/michaelforney/dmenu/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d0f73e442baf44a93a3b9d41a72e9cfa14f54af6049c90549f516722e3f88019";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ swc wld wayland libxkbcommon pixman fontconfig ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -ri -e 's!\<(dmenu|dmenu_path)\>!'"$out/bin"'/&!g' dmenu_run
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = [
+    ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g; s@/usr/share/swc@$(echo "$nativeBuildInputs" | grep -o '[^ ]*-swc-[^ ]*')/share/swc@g" config.mk''
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System";
+      homepage = http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu;
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ];
+      platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed7e0cf7ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/st/wayland.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, writeText
+, ncurses, wayland, wld, libxkbcommon, fontconfig, pixman
+, conf? null}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "st-wayland-${version}";
+  version = "git-2015-08-29";
+  rev = "61b47b76a09599c8093214e28c48938f5b424daa";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/michaelforney/st/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "7164da135f02405dba5ae3131dfd896e072df29ac6c0928f3b887beffb8a7d97";
+  };
+
+  configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (writeText "config.def.h" conf);
+  preBuild = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ncurses wayland wld libxkbcommon fontconfig pixman ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lfontconfig";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    TERMINFO=$out/share/terminfo make install PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://st.suckless.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/orbment/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/orbment/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7cbd004087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/orbment/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, cmake, pkgconfig
+, wlc, dbus_libs, wayland, libxkbcommon, pixman, libinput, udev, zlib, libpng, libdrm, libX11
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "orbment-${version}";
+  version = "git-2016-01-31";
+  repo = "https://github.com/Cloudef/orbment";
+  rev = "7f649fb76649f826dd29578a5ec41bb561b116eb";
+
+  chck_repo = "https://github.com/Cloudef/chck";
+  chck_rev = "fe5e2606b7242aa5d89af2ea9fd048821128d2bc";
+  inihck_repo = "https://github.com/Cloudef/inihck";
+  inihck_rev = "462cbd5fd67226714ac2bdfe4ceaec8e251b2d9c";
+
+  srcs = [
+   (fetchurl {
+     url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = "5a426da0d5f4487911cfe9226865ed0cd1a7cdf253eec19d5eadc4b0d14a2ea0";
+   })
+   (fetchurl {
+     url = "${chck_repo}/archive/${chck_rev}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = "ca316b544c48e837c32f08d613be42da10e0a3251e8e4488d1848b91ef92ab9e";
+   })
+   (fetchurl {
+     url = "${inihck_repo}/archive/${inihck_rev}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = "d21f2ac25eafed285614f5f0ef7a1014d629ba382f4e64bc89fe2c3e98c2777f";
+   })
+  ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "orbment-${rev}";
+  postUnpack = ''
+    rm -rf orbment-${rev}/lib/chck orbment-${rev}/lib/inihck
+    ln -s ../../chck-${chck_rev} orbment-${rev}/lib/chck
+    ln -s ../../inihck-${inihck_rev} orbment-${rev}/lib/inihck
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper wlc dbus_libs wayland libxkbcommon pixman libinput udev zlib libpng libX11 libdrm ];
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [ libX11 libdrm dbus_libs ];
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/orbment \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}";
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Modular Wayland compositor";
+    homepage    = repo;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa81971885a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, cmake, pkgconfig
+, wayland, wlc, libxkbcommon, pixman, fontconfig, pcre, json_c, asciidoc, libxslt, dbus_libs
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sway-${version}";
+  version = "git-2016-02-08";
+  repo = "https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway";
+  rev = "16e904634c65128610537bed7fcb16ac3bb45165";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "52d6c4b49fea69e2a2c1b44b858908b7736301bdb9ed483c294bc54bb40e872e";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper wayland wlc libxkbcommon pixman fontconfig pcre json_c asciidoc libxslt dbus_libs ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i s@/etc/sway@$out/etc/sway@g CMakeLists.txt;
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [ wlc dbus_libs ];
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/sway \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}";
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "i3-compatible window manager for Wayland";
+    homepage    = "http://swaywm.org";
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/velox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/velox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..789f074aecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/velox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig
+, swc, libxkbcommon
+, wld, wayland, pixman, fontconfig
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "velox-${version}";
+  version = "git-2015-11-03";
+  repo = "https://github.com/michaelforney/velox";
+  rev = "53b41348df7e37886cab012609923255e4397419";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "e49583efbbe62ea30f0084491ff757dff683f35eef6e9b68aa413e0b50c4bf20";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ swc libxkbcommon wld wayland pixman fontconfig ];
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "velox window manager";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/michaelforney/velox";
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/swc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/swc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48e1524e36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/swc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, wld, wayland, xwayland, fontconfig, pixman, libdrm, libinput, libevdev, libxkbcommon, libxcb, xcbutilwm
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "swc-${version}";
+  version = "git-2016-02-09";
+  repo = "https://github.com/michaelforney/swc";
+  rev = "1da0ef13fddc572accea12439a4471b4d2f64ddd";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d1894612d8aa1ce828efb78f1570290f84bba6563e21eb777e08c3c3859b7bbe";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ wld wayland xwayland fontconfig pixman libdrm libinput libevdev libxkbcommon libxcb xcbutilwm ];
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A library for making a simple Wayland compositor";
+    homepage    = repo;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wlc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b219bd2f44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wlc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, cmake, pkgconfig
+, glibc, wayland, pixman, libxkbcommon, libinput, libxcb, xcbutilwm, xcbutilimage, mesa, libdrm, udev, systemd, dbus_libs
+, libpthreadstubs, libX11, libXau, libXdmcp, libXext, libXdamage, libxshmfence, libXxf86vm
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wlc-${version}";
+  version = "git-2016-01-31";
+  repo = "https://github.com/Cloudef/wlc";
+  rev = "faa4d3cba670576c202b0844e087b13538f772c5";
+
+  chck_repo = "https://github.com/Cloudef/chck";
+  chck_rev = "fe5e2606b7242aa5d89af2ea9fd048821128d2bc";
+
+  wl_protos_repo = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols";
+  wl_protos_rev = "0b05b70f9da245582f01581be4ca36db683682b8";
+  wl_protos_rev_short = "0b05b70";
+
+  srcs = [
+   (fetchurl {
+     url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = "cdf6a772dc90060d57aa1a915a4daff0f79802c141fec92ef2710245d727af67";
+   })
+   (fetchurl {
+     url = "${chck_repo}/archive/${chck_rev}.tar.gz";
+     sha256 = "ca316b544c48e837c32f08d613be42da10e0a3251e8e4488d1848b91ef92ab9e";
+   })
+   (fetchgit {
+     url = "${wl_protos_repo}";
+     rev = "${wl_protos_rev}";
+     sha256 = "9c1cfbb570142b2109ecef4d11b17f25e94ed2e0569f522ea56f244c60465224";
+   })
+  ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "wlc-${rev}";
+  postUnpack = ''
+    rm -rf wlc-${rev}/lib/chck wlc-${rev}/protos/wayland-protocols
+    ln -s ../../chck-${chck_rev} wlc-${rev}/lib/chck
+    ln -s ../../wayland-protocols-${wl_protos_rev_short} wlc-${rev}/protos/wayland-protocols
+  '';
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    ( echo '#include <stdlib.h>';
+      echo '#include <libdrm/drm.h>';
+      cat src/platform/backend/drm.c
+    ) >src/platform/backend/drm.c-fix;
+    mv src/platform/backend/drm.c-fix src/platform/backend/drm.c;
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    wayland pixman libxkbcommon libinput libxcb xcbutilwm xcbutilimage mesa libdrm udev
+    libpthreadstubs libX11 libXau libXdmcp libXext libXdamage libxshmfence libXxf86vm
+    systemd dbus_libs
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out) -lchck";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A library for making a simple Wayland compositor";
+    homepage    = repo;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wld/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dd5858ec72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wld/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, wayland, fontconfig, pixman, freetype, libdrm
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wld-${version}";
+  version = "git-2015-09-01";
+  repo = "https://github.com/michaelforney/wld";
+  rev = "efe0a1ed1856a2e4a1893ed0f2d7dde43b5627f0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${repo}/archive/${rev}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "09388f7828e18c75e7b8d41454903886a725d7a868f60e66c128bd7d2e953ee1";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ wayland fontconfig pixman freetype libdrm ];
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  installPhase = "PREFIX=$out make install";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A primitive drawing library targeted at Wayland";
+    homepage    = repo;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e5959283e2b..f004385f835 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11579,6 +11579,8 @@ let
 
   dmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu { };
 
+  dmenu-wayland = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu/wayland.nix { };
+
   dmenu2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu2 { };
 
   dmtx = dmtx-utils;
@@ -12299,6 +12301,14 @@ let
 
   spectrwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/spectrwm { };
 
+  wlc = callPackage ../development/libraries/wlc { };
+  orbment = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/orbment { };
+  sway = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/sway { };
+
+  swc = callPackage ../development/libraries/swc { };
+  wld = callPackage ../development/libraries/wld { };
+  velox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/velox { };
+
   i3 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3 {
     xcb-util-cursor = if stdenv.isDarwin then xcb-util-cursor-HEAD else xcb-util-cursor;
   };
@@ -13295,6 +13305,10 @@ let
     conf = config.st.conf or null;
   };
 
+  st-wayland = callPackage ../applications/misc/st/wayland.nix {
+    conf = config.st.conf or null;
+  };
+
   stag = callPackage ../applications/misc/stag {
     curses = ncurses;
   };