diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, intltool, libxfce4util, libxfcegui4
+, xfce4panel, gtk, exo, garcon }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  p_name  = "xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin";
+  ver_maj = "1.5";
+  ver_min = "1";
+  rev = "18c31a357c102ab38e98ac24c154f9e6187b3ef8";
+
+  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gottcode";
+    repo = "xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "442e887877ffc347378c23ded2466ebbfc7aacb6b91fc395b12071320616eb76";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig intltool libxfce4util libxfcegui4 xfce4panel
+                  gtk exo garcon ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/${p_name}";
+    description = "Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce.";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.pjbarnoy ];
+  };
+}