diff --git a/pkgs/games/xcowsay/default.nix b/pkgs/games/xcowsay/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd95bf1e5a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/xcowsay/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkg-config
+, dbus, dbus-glib, gtk3, gdk-pixbuf, librsvg
+, fortune
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xcowsay";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.nickg.me.uk/files/xcowsay-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pyaa062z1ag26dhkm1yzp2hivnlmhlpqn5xg7mx9r1m652mm91y";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    dbus
+    dbus-glib
+    gtk3
+    gdk-pixbuf # loading cow images
+    librsvg # dreaming SVG images
+  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pkg-config ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-dbus" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for tool in xcowdream xcowsay xcowthink xcowfortune; do
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/$tool \
+        --prefix PATH : $out/bin:${fortune}/bin
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay";
+    description =
+      "A program based on cowsay that displays a cute cow and message on your desktop";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ das_j ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 53d78398a6c2..f27cba535b58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25025,6 +25025,8 @@ in
     tk = tk-8_5;
   };
 
+  xcowsay = callPackage ../games/xcowsay { };
+
   xjump = callPackage ../games/xjump { };
   # TODO: the corresponding nix file is missing
   # xracer = callPackage ../games/xracer { };