diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29a81592c147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, curl, wirelesstools, glib, openssl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "conky-1.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/conky/conky-1.7.2.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p375id2saxm2bp6c33ddn9d6rxymmq60ajlvx49smwhzyqa3h5k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools glib openssl ];
+  configureFlags = "--disable-x11 --disable-xdamage --disable-own-window --disable-xft --disable-lua --enable-mpd --enable-double-buffer --enable-proc-uptime --enable-seti --enable-wlan --enable-rss";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://conky.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor complied without X based on torsmo";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.guibert ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c08d7336314f..4e9bd4723843 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5992,6 +5992,11 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf automake;
   };
 
+  conky = import ../os-specific/linux/conky {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig libxml2 curl wirelesstools openssl;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   cpufrequtils = (
     import ../os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libtool gettext;