diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 79612da00a1..d75cbec8d51 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
   jcumming = "Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org>";
   jdagilliland = "Jason Gilliland <jdagilliland@gmail.com>";
   jefdaj = "Jeffrey David Johnson <jefdaj@gmail.com>";
+  jensbin = "Jens Binkert <jensbin@protonmail.com>";
   jerith666 = "Matt McHenry <github@matt.mchenryfamily.org>";
   jfb = "James Felix Black <james@yamtime.com>";
   jgeerds = "Jascha Geerds <jascha@jgeerds.name>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9b84be6015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, glib, fetchFromGitHub, networkmanager, python3Packages
+, gobjectIntrospection, dmenu }:
+
+let inherit (python3Packages) python pygobject3;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "networkmanager_dmenu-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2017-04-13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "firecat53";
+    repo = "networkmanager-dmenu";
+    rev = "fbc0704702b32c2efb30ba6b5c0ad6f054a71a18";
+    sha256 = "1584zrhla1njvkrbvb1rq66q06gs510f0l1ls3z7x7jmn322y6yr";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib python pygobject3 gobjectIntrospection networkmanager python3Packages.wrapPython ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp networkmanager_dmenu $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs="\
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : $GI_TYPELIB_PATH \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : \"$(toPythonPath $out):$(toPythonPath ${pygobject3})\""
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description  = "Small script to manage NetworkManager connections with dmenu instead of nm-applet";
+    homepage     = https://github.com/firecat53/networkmanager-dmenu;
+    license      = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers  = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.jensbin ];
+    platforms    = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9411cec8d6..e2e8952999a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3159,6 +3159,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   networkmanagerapplet = newScope gnome2 ../tools/networking/network-manager-applet { };
 
+  networkmanager_dmenu = callPackage ../tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu  { };
+
   newsbeuter = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter { };
 
   newsbeuter-dev = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/dev.nix { };