diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmblocks/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmblocks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45757787c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwmblocks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libX11, patches ? [ ], writeText, conf ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "dwmblocks";
+  version = "unstable-2020-12-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "torrinfail";
+    repo = "dwmblocks";
+    rev = "96cbb453e5373c05372fd4bf3faacfa53e409067";
+    sha256 = "00lxfxsrvhm60zzqlcwdv7xkqzya69mgpi2mr3ivzbc8s9h8nwqx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  inherit patches;
+
+  postPatch =
+    let
+      configFile =
+        if lib.isDerivation conf || builtins.isPath conf
+        then conf else writeText "blocks.def.h" conf;
+    in
+      lib.optionalString (conf != null) "cp ${configFile} blocks.def.h";
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Modular status bar for dwm written in c";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/torrinfail/dwmblocks";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sophrosyne ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0a49403b0f..f9ad0c90158 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22526,6 +22526,8 @@ in
 
   dwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm { };
 
+  dwmblocks = callPackage ../applications/misc/dwmblocks { };
+
   dwm-status = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/dwm/dwm-status.nix { };
 
   dynamips = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/dynamips { };