diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bbe026cfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig
+, libX11, libXinerama, libXft, pango
+, i3Support ? false, i3
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rofi-${version}";
+  version = "0.15.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "rofi";
+    owner = "DaveDavenport";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "0b8k5g2fpqrz1yac09kmfk4caxcc107qq4yhncnl159xdxw66vz8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libX11 libXinerama libXft pango
+                ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional i3Support i3;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    autoreconf -vif
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "Window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement";
+      homepage = https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi;
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f00392005f..90dbe36e100 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11300,6 +11300,10 @@ let
     qt = qt4;
   });
 
+  rofi = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi {
+    automake = automake114x;
+  };
+
   rsync = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rsync {
     enableACLs = !(stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isSunOS || stdenv.isFreeBSD);
     enableCopyDevicesPatch = (config.rsync.enableCopyDevicesPatch or false);