diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
index b8af85aafd0d..6939d08798f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/plugins.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self:
   in {
     firedecor = callPackage ./firedecor.nix { };
     wayfire-plugins-extra = callPackage ./wayfire-plugins-extra.nix { };
+    wayfire-shadows = callPackage ./wayfire-shadows.nix { };
     wcm = callPackage ./wcm.nix { };
     wf-shell = callPackage ./wf-shell.nix { };
     windecor = callPackage ./windecor.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wayfire-shadows.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wayfire-shadows.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c42cbd5531e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wayfire/wayfire-shadows.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, wayfire
+, wayland
+, wf-config
+, cairo
+, pango
+, libxkbcommon
+, libGL
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "wayfire-shadows";
+  version = "unstable-2023-09-09";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "timgott";
+    repo = "wayfire-shadows";
+    rev = "de3239501fcafd1aa8bd01d703aa9469900004c5";
+    hash = "sha256-oVlSzpddPDk6pbyLFMhAkuRffkYpinP7jRspVmfLfyA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    wayfire
+    wayland
+    wf-config
+    cairo
+    pango
+    libxkbcommon
+    libGL
+  ];
+
+  env = {
+    PKG_CONFIG_WAYFIRE_METADATADIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/wayfire/metadata";
+  };
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/timgott/wayfire-shadows";
+    description = "Wayfire plugin that adds window shadows";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rewine ];
+    inherit (wayfire.meta) platforms;
+  };
+})