diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index abe2cc961be2..36ef85aeb124 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ xfce_self = rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-od
   xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin.nix { };
   xfce4_netload_plugin          = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin.nix          { };
   xfce4_notes_plugin            = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin.nix            { };
+  xfce4_mailwatch_plugin        = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix        { };
   xfce4_mpc_plugin              = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin.nix              { };
   xfce4-sensors-plugin          = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-sensors-plugin.nix          { };
   xfce4_systemload_plugin       = callPackage ./panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin.nix       { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd80259db5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, xfce4panel, libxfce4ui,
+libxfcegui4, xfconf, gtk, exo, gnutls, libgcrypt }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  p_name  = "xfce4-mailwatch-plugin";
+  ver_maj = "1.2";
+  ver_min = "0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://xfce/src/panel-plugins/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1bfw3smwivr9mzdyq768biqrl4aq94zqi3xjzq6kqnd8561cqjk2";
+  };
+  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfce4panel
+    libxfcegui4 xfconf gtk exo gnutls libgcrypt ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
+    description = "Mailwatch plugin for Xfce panel";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
+  };
+}