diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/4.12.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/4.12.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e08102af80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/4.12.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+args : with args;
+	with builderDefs {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fbpanel/fbpanel-4.12.tgz;
+		sha256 = "0zv0zkq6w4h7dk0ji8bm9cqpj2qxv3ss161mqg9y68shvxvmfrlz";
+	};
+
+		buildInputs = [libX11 gtk pkgconfig libXmu libXpm 
+		  libpng libjpeg libtiff librsvg];
+		configureFlags = [];
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "fbpanel";
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure [doConfigure doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+	Just a desktop panel.	
+";
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8e4bcf9545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/fbpanel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+args : 
+(import (__toPath ((toString ./JustNothing/.. )+"/"+args.version+".nix"))) args
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 87d7049f0e8..8b9be572e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3713,6 +3713,14 @@ rec {
     xftSupport = true;
   };
 
+  fbpanelFun = lib.sumArgs (import ../applications/window-managers/fbpanel) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs pkgconfig libpng libjpeg libtiff librsvg;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXmu libXpm;
+  };
+
+  fbpanel = fbpanelFun {version="4.12";} null;
+
   fetchmail = import ../applications/misc/fetchmail {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl;
   };