diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e55529608514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dbus-broker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, pkgconfig
+, dbus, glib, systemd }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dbus-broker-${version}";
+  version = "3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner           = "bus1";
+    repo            = "dbus-broker";
+    rev             = "v${version}";
+    sha256          = "1f2vw5b2cbdgd3g7vnzwr9lsw9v4xc5nc0nf9xc3qb5xqzsq7v7i";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ dbus glib systemd ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "dep_systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')" "'$out/lib/systemd/system'" \
+      --replace "dep_systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemduserunitdir')"   "'$out/lib/systemd/user'"
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    mkdir build
+    meson --prefix "$out" --buildtype=release build/
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = "ninja -C build";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ninja -C build install
+    install -Dm644 README $out/share/doc/dbus-broker/README
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = "ninja -C build test";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Linux D-Bus Message Broker";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/bus1/dbus-broker/wiki;
+    license     = licenses.apache2;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e8461b882995..37c7281b42a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   devmem2 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/devmem2 { };
 
+  dbus-broker = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dbus-broker {};
+
   ioport = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ioport {};
 
   diagrams-builder = callPackage ../tools/graphics/diagrams-builder {