diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ayatana-ido/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ayatana-ido/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41e4c92e56b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ayatana-ido/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
+, gtk3, gobject-introspection, gtk-doc, vala
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ayatana-ido";
+  version = "0.4.90";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "AyatanaIndicators";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "02vqjryni96zzrpkq5d7kvgw7nf252d2fm2xq8fklvvb2vz3fa0w";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook gtk-doc vala ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 gobject-introspection ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Ayatana Display Indicator Objects";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-ido";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-ido/blob/${version}/ChangeLog";
+    license = [ licenses.gpl3 licenses.lgpl21 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.nickhu ];
+    platforms = platforms.x86_64;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 553dc51b3362..8dc5b4e71e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11261,6 +11261,8 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio AudioToolbox;
   };
 
+  ayatana-ido = callPackage ../development/libraries/ayatana-ido { };
+
   babl = callPackage ../development/libraries/babl { };
 
   backward-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/backward-cpp { };