diff --git a/pkgs/additional/lgtrombetta-compass/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/lgtrombetta-compass/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccb47f787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/additional/lgtrombetta-compass/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  desktop-file-utils,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  gettext,
+  glib,
+  gtk3,
+  libhandy,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  python3,
+  stdenv,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
+}: stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "lgtrombetta-compass";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "lgtrombetta";
+    repo = "compass";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-NXy9JihGwpDaZmNUNUAOYfqQTWQM4dXtTQ/4Ukgi11U=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace data/meson.build \
+      --replace-fail "install_dir: '/lib/udev/rules.d'" "install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'lib/udev/rules.d')"
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs --build build-aux/meson/postinstall.py
+    # patch PYTHONPATH for pythonImportsCheck to work:
+    # export PYTHONPATH=$out/share/compass:$PYTHONPATH
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    $out/bin/compass --help | grep -q compass
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    desktop-file-utils # for update-desktop-database
+    gettext  # for msgfmt
+    glib  # for glib-compile-resources
+    gtk3  # for gtk-update-icon-cache
+    meson
+    ninja
+    python3
+    python3.pkgs.wrapPython
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    python3
+    gtk3
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    glib  # for gio
+    gtk3
+    libhandy
+    python3.pkgs.matplotlib
+    python3.pkgs.numpy
+    python3.pkgs.pandas
+    python3.pkgs.pygobject3
+    python3.pkgs.pyxdg
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "compass"
+  ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  # strictDeps = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/lgtrombetta/compass";
+    description = "a simple GTK3 compass app for Mobile Linux";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 06859890e..808fbccb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ let
     ldd-aarch64 = callPackage ./additional/ldd-aarch64 { };
     lemoa = callPackage ./additional/lemoa { };
     lemmy-lemonade = callPackage ./additional/lemonade { };  # XXX: nixpkgs already has a `lemonade` pkg
+    lgtrombetta-compass = callPackage ./additional/lgtrombetta-compass { };
     libdng = callPackage ./additional/libdng { };
     libmegapixels = callPackage ./additional/libmegapixels { };
     lightdm-mobile-greeter = callPackage ./additional/lightdm-mobile-greeter { };