diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1637586eb477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dmenu2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchhg, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, zlib}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dmenu2";
+
+  src = fetchhg {
+    url = "https://bitbucket.org/melek/dmenu2";
+    rev = "36cb94a16edf928bdaaa636123392517ed469be0";
+    sha256 = "1b17z5ypg6ij7zz3ncp3irc87raccna10y4w490c872a99lp23lv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama zlib libXft ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -ri -e 's!\<(dmenu|stest)\>!'"$out/bin"'/&!g' dmenu_run
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = [ ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'' ];
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "A patched fork of the original dmenu - an efficient dynamic menu for X";
+      homepage = https://bitbucket.org/melek/dmenu2;
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+      platforms = with platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7a8c2951884a..fc5ef6913a39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8970,6 +8970,8 @@ let
     enableXft = config.dmenu.enableXft or false;
   };
 
+  dmenu2 = callPackage ../applications/misc/dmenu2 { };
+
   dmtx = dmtx-utils;
 
   dmtx-utils = callPackage (import ../tools/graphics/dmtx-utils) {