diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/polar-bookshelf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/polar-bookshelf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a46b275a5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/polar-bookshelf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, fetchurl
+, dpkg, wrapGAppsHook, autoPatchelfHook
+, gtk3, cairo, gnome2, atk, gdk_pixbuf, glib
+, at-spi2-atk, dbus, libX11, libxcb, libXi
+, libXcursor, libXdamage, libXrandr, libXcomposite
+, libXext, libXfixes, libXrender, libXtst, libXScrnSaver
+, nss, nspr, alsaLib, cups, fontconfig, expat
+, libudev0-shim, glibc, curl, openssl, libnghttp2, gnome3 }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "polar-bookshelf-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.11";
+
+  # fetching a .deb because there's no easy way to package this Electron app
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/burtonator/polar-bookshelf/releases/download/v${version}/polar-bookshelf-${version}-amd64.deb";
+    sha256 = "11rrwd5cr984nhgrib12hx6k74hzgmb3cfk6qnr1l604dk9pqfqx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    cairo
+    gnome2.pango
+    atk
+    gdk_pixbuf
+    at-spi2-atk
+    dbus
+    libX11
+    libxcb
+    libXi
+    libXcursor
+    libXdamage
+    libXrandr
+    libXcomposite
+    libXext
+    libXfixes
+    libXrender
+    libXtst
+    libXScrnSaver
+    nss
+    nspr
+    alsaLib
+    cups
+    fontconfig
+    expat
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ 
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    autoPatchelfHook
+    makeWrapper 
+    dpkg
+  ];
+
+  runtimeLibs = lib.makeLibraryPath [ libudev0-shim glibc curl openssl libnghttp2 ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "dpkg-deb -x $src .";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/polar-bookshelf
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+
+    mv opt/Polar\ Bookshelf/* $out/share/polar-bookshelf
+    mv $out/share/polar-bookshelf/*.so $out/lib
+
+    mv usr/share/* $out/share/
+
+    ln -s $out/share/polar-bookshelf/polar-bookshelf $out/bin/polar-bookshelf
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${runtimeLibs}" )
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://getpolarized.io/;
+    description = "Personal knowledge repository for PDF and web content supporting incremental reading and document annotation";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.noneucat ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9d391528bf05..ae5616205efd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18518,6 +18518,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pmenu = callPackage ../applications/misc/pmenu { };
 
+  polar-bookshelf = callPackage ../applications/misc/polar-bookshelf { };
+
   poezio = python3Packages.poezio;
 
   pommed = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pommed {};