diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/easyfocus.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/easyfocus.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..337ecdd651ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/easyfocus.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, xproto, libxcb, xcbutilkeysyms
+, xlibs , i3ipc-glib , glib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "i3easyfocus-${version}";
+  version = "20180622";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cornerman";
+    repo = "i3-easyfocus";
+    rev = "3631d5af612d58c3d027f59c86b185590bd78ae1";
+    sha256 = "1wgknmmm7iz0wxsdh29gmx4arizva9101pzhnmac30bmixf3nzhr";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xproto xlibs.libX11.dev i3ipc-glib glib.dev ];
+
+  # Makefile has no rule for 'install'
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp i3-easyfocus $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Focus and select windows in i3";
+    homepage = https://github.com/cornerman/i3-easyfocus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [teto];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87e11774d43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, xproto, libxcb
+, autoreconfHook, json-glib, gtk-doc, which
+, gobjectIntrospection
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "i3ipc-glib-${version}";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "acrisci";
+    repo = "i3ipc-glib";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1gmk1zjafrn6jh4j7r0wkwrpwvf9drl1lcw8vya23i1f4zbk0wh4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook which pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libxcb json-glib gtk-doc xproto gobjectIntrospection ];
+
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    gtkdocize
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A C interface library to i3wm";
+    homepage = https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-glib;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [teto];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6aae407d74ba..b090333661a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16512,12 +16512,16 @@ with pkgs;
 
   i3-gaps = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/gaps.nix { };
 
+  i3-easyfocus = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/easyfocus.nix { };
+
   i3blocks = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix { };
 
   i3blocks-gaps = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix { };
 
   i3cat = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3cat { };
 
+  i3ipc-glib = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/i3ipc-glib.nix { };
+
   i3lock = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix {
     cairo = cairo.override { xcbSupport = true; };
   };