diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 0f6a2be4bfb..009d938554c 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -9728,4 +9728,10 @@
     github = "wenngle";
     githubId = 63376671;
   };
+  yanganto = {
+    name = "Antonio Yang";
+    email = "yanganto@gmail.com";
+    github = "yanganto";
+    githubId = 10803111;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.nix b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.nix
index 9548a249efa..0d6dd3399bf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ in
   options.i18n = {
     inputMethod = {
       enabled = mkOption {
-        type    = types.nullOr (types.enum [ "ibus" "fcitx" "nabi" "uim" ]);
+        type    = types.nullOr (types.enum [ "ibus" "fcitx" "nabi" "uim" "hime" ]);
         default = null;
         example = "fcitx";
         description = ''
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ in
           <listitem><para>fcitx: A customizable lightweight input method, extra input engines can be added using <literal>i18n.inputMethod.fcitx.engines</literal>.</para></listitem>
           <listitem><para>nabi: A Korean input method based on XIM. Nabi doesn't support Qt 5.</para></listitem>
           <listitem><para>uim: The universal input method, is a library with a XIM bridge. uim mainly support Chinese, Japanese and Korean.</para></listitem>
+          <listitem><para>hime: An extremely easy-to-use input method framework.</para></listitem>
           </itemizedlist>
         '';
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.xml b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.xml
index 117482fb0d5..e15f6669081 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.xml
+++ b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/default.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
     Uim: The universal input method, is a library with a XIM bridge.
    </para>
   </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+   <para>
+    Hime: An extremely easy-to-use input method framework.
+   </para>
+  </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  <section xml:id="module-services-input-methods-ibus">
   <title>IBus</title>
@@ -241,4 +246,24 @@ i18n.inputMethod = {
    used to choose uim toolbar.
   </para>
  </section>
+ <section xml:id="module-services-input-methods-hime">
+  <title>Hime</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Hime is an extremely easy-to-use input method framework. It is lightweight,
+   stable, powerful and supports many commonly used input methods, including
+   Cangjie, Zhuyin, Dayi, Rank, Shrimp, Greek, Japanese Anthy, Korean Pinyin,
+   Latin Alphabet, Rancang hunting birds, cool music, etc...
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   The following snippet can be used to configure Hime:
+  </para>
+
+<programlisting>
+i18n.inputMethod = {
+  <link linkend="opt-i18n.inputMethod.enabled">enabled</link> = "hime";
+};
+</programlisting>
+ </section>
 </chapter>
diff --git a/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/hime.nix b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/hime.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1b346a0f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/i18n/input-method/hime.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  options = {
+    i18n.inputMethod.hime = {
+      enableChewing = mkOption {
+        type    =  with types; nullOr bool;
+        default = null;
+        description = "enable chewing input method";
+      };
+      enableAnthy = mkOption {
+        type    =  with types; nullOr bool;
+        default = null;
+        description = "enable anthy input method";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (config.i18n.inputMethod.enabled == "hime") {
+    environment.variables = {
+      GTK_IM_MODULE = "hime";
+      QT_IM_MODULE  = "hime";
+      XMODIFIERS    = "@im=hime";
+    };
+    services.xserver.displayManager.sessionCommands = "${pkgs.hime}/bin/hime &";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/hime/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/hime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cce1ec49515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/hime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, which, gtk2, gtk3, qt4, qt5, libXtst, lib,
+enableChewing ? true, libchewing,
+enableAnthy ? true, anthy,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hime";
+  version = "unstable-2020-06-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hime-ime";
+    repo = "hime";
+    rev = "c89751a58836906e6916355fd037fc74fd7a7a15";
+    sha256 = "024w67q0clzxigsrvqbxpiy8firjvrqi7wbkkcapzzhzapv3nm8x";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ which pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libXtst gtk2 gtk3 qt4 qt5.qtbase ]
+    ++ lib.optional enableChewing libchewing
+    ++ lib.optional enableAnthy anthy;
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    patchShebangs configure
+  '';
+
+  # The configure script already auto-detect libchewing and anthy,
+  # so we do not need additional flags for libchewing or anthy
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-lib64" "--disable-qt5-immodule" ];
+
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage      = "http://hime-ime.github.io/";
+    downloadPage  = "https://github.com/hime-ime/hime/downloads";
+    description   = "A useful input method engine for Asia region";
+    license       = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms     = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers   = with maintainers; [ yanganto ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 672c7e5a3da..f8e523c634d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5596,6 +5596,13 @@ in
 
   nabi = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/nabi { };
 
+  hime = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/hime {};
+
+  hime-all = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/hime {
+    enableChewing = true;
+    enableAnthy = true;
+  };
+
   nahid-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/nahid-fonts { };
 
   namazu = callPackage ../tools/text/namazu { };