diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/slstatus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/slstatus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc855db29ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/slstatus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, writeText, libX11, conf ? null }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "slstatus-${version}";
+  version = "unstable-2018-03-28";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://git.suckless.org/slstatus;
+    rev = "faa52bdcc0221de2d8fae950e409a8ac5e05bfcd";
+    sha256 = "0i8k7gjvx51y0mwxjlqhyk2dpvkb2d3y8x4l6ckdnyiy5632pn76";
+  };
+
+  configFile = optionalString (conf!=null) (writeText "config.def.h" conf);
+  preBuild = optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/;
+    description = "status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME like dwm";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geistesk ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b0c112b14b21..16a3d59596ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4802,6 +4802,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   slsnif = callPackage ../tools/misc/slsnif { };
 
+  slstatus = callPackage ../applications/misc/slstatus {
+    conf = config.slstatus.conf or null;
+  };
+
   smartmontools = callPackage ../tools/system/smartmontools {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit ApplicationServices;
   };