diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74a2b8a896c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, pango
+, i3Support ? false, i3
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.15.1";
+  name = "rofi-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "rofi";
+    owner = "DaveDavenport";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "11fg85xg7mpw9vldmp163c9y398nvbilwqsl06ms0xbbmpyc2hgz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXinerama libXft pango autoreconfHook pkgconfig
+                ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional i3Support i3;
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "Window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement";
+      homepage = https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi;
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b029cfdc4c5..04263eabfdbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11298,6 +11298,8 @@ let
     qt = qt4;
   });
 
+  rofi = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi { };
+
   rsync = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rsync {
     enableACLs = !(stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isSunOS || stdenv.isFreeBSD);
     enableCopyDevicesPatch = (config.rsync.enableCopyDevicesPatch or false);