diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad07c02f5084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, dmenu }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "j4-dmenu-desktop-${version}";
+  version = "2.14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "enkore";
+    repo   = "j4-dmenu-desktop";
+    rev    = "r${version}";
+    sha256 = "14srrkz4qx8qplgrrjv38ri4pnkxaxaq6jy89j13xhna492bq128";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e 's,dmenu -i,${dmenu}/bin/dmenu -i,g' -i ./src/Main.hh
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  # tests are fetching an external git repository
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DNO_TESTS:BOOL=ON" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A wrapper for dmenu that recognize .desktop files";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainer  = with maintainers; [ ericsagnes ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbf0f52b302b..d052b342aef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12827,6 +12827,8 @@ in
 
   bip = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/bip { };
 
+  j4-dmenu-desktop = callPackage ../applications/misc/j4-dmenu-desktop/default.nix { };
+
   jabref = callPackage ../applications/office/jabref/default.nix { };
 
   jack_capture = callPackage ../applications/audio/jack-capture { };