diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5983cd3e663a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xorg, boost, cmake, gtest }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xlayoutdisplay-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "alex-courtis";
+    repo = "xlayoutdisplay";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1cqn98lpx9rkfhavbqalaaljw351hvqsrszgqnwvcyq05vq26dwx";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = with xorg; [ libX11 libXrandr libXcursor boost ];
+  checkInputs = [ gtest ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  # format security fixup
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace test/test-Monitors.cpp \
+      --replace 'fprintf(lidStateFile, contents);' \
+                'fputs(contents, lidStateFile);'
+
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Detects and arranges linux display outputs, using XRandR for detection and xrandr for arrangement";
+    homepage = https://github.com/alex-courtis/xlayoutdisplay;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1769d5a133cf..6f43ef408d7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23042,6 +23042,8 @@ in
 
   xinput_calibrator = callPackage ../tools/X11/xinput_calibrator { };
 
+  xlayoutdisplay = callPackage ../tools/X11/xlayoutdisplay { };
+
   xlog = callPackage ../applications/misc/xlog { };
 
   xmagnify = callPackage ../tools/X11/xmagnify { };