diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7462a3d809c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, glib, fetchFromGitHub, networkmanager, python3Packages
+, gobjectIntrospection, dmenu, makeWrapper }:
+
+let inherit (python3Packages) python pygobject3;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "networkmanager_dmenu-${version}";
+  version = "git-20170301";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "firecat53";
+    repo = "networkmanager-dmenu";
+    rev = "f631f34645cd581eb14cb2f3286fa02dcc60283f";
+    sha256 = "0f3rkyhhyy3ab0bnaasazx33b952gfl3g3b3sg8fl00n90l53d11";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib python pygobject3 makeWrapper gobjectIntrospection networkmanager ];
+
+  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp networkmanager_dmenu $out/bin/
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/networkmanager_dmenu \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath $out):$(toPythonPath ${pygobject3})"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description  = "Small script to manage NetworkManager connections with dmenu instead of nm-applet";
+    homepage     = https://github.com/firecat53/networkmanager-dmenu;
+    license      = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers  = [ ];
+    platforms    = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 170fa60c27b2..ee0f34646666 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3055,6 +3055,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   networkmanagerapplet = newScope gnome2 ../tools/networking/network-manager-applet { };
 
+  networkmanager_dmenu = callPackage ../tools/networking/networkmanager_dmenu  { };
+
   newsbeuter = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter { };
 
   newsbeuter-dev = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/newsbeuter/dev.nix { };