diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xkb-switch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xkb-switch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fc49038efee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xkb-switch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xkb-switch-1.2";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/ierton/xkb-switch.git;
+    rev = "4c90511ecf2cacc040c97f034a13254c3fa9dfef";
+    sha256 = "1jxya67v1qnvbzd0cd5gj7xrwvxyfy1rpa70l8p30p9cmw3ahk41";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake libX11 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Switch X layouts from the command line";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ierton/xkb-switch.git;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [smironov];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
+    license = "BSD";
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1f972f19c3b6..b0335e66cc9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8062,6 +8062,8 @@ let
     base14Fonts = "${ghostscript}/share/ghostscript/fonts";
   };
 
+  xkb_switch = callPackage ../tools/X11/xkb-switch { };
+
   libxpdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/xpdf/libxpdf.nix { };
 
   xpra = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpra {