diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27a4014d461d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/matchbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libmatchbox, pkgconfig}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "matchbox-1.2.2";
+
+  buildInputs = [ libmatchbox pkgconfig ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://matchbox-project.org/sources/matchbox-window-manager/1.2/matchbox-window-manager-1.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1zyfq438b466ygcz78nvsmnsc5bhg4wcfnpxb43kbkwpyx53m8l1";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "X window manager for non-desktop embedded systems";
+    homepage = http://matchbox-project.org/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b45b443f6dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmatchbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXext, libpng, libXft, libICE, pango, libjpeg}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmatchbox-1.9";
+
+  buildInputs = [ libXft libICE pango libjpeg ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 libXext libpng ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://matchbox-project.org/sources/libmatchbox/1.9/libmatchbox-1.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "006zdrgs7rgh7dvakjmqsp1q9karq6c5cz4gki2l15fhx0cf40fv";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library of the matchbox X window manager";
+    homepage = http://matchbox-project.org/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2548c81d778d..c0f27404d09a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3276,6 +3276,10 @@ let
 
   libmad = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmad { };
 
+  libmatchbox = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmatchbox {
+    inherit (gtkLibs) pango;
+  };
+
   libmatthew_java = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/libmatthew-java { };
 
   libmcs = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmcs { };
@@ -5724,6 +5728,8 @@ let
    qt = qt4;
   };
 
+  matchbox = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/matchbox { };
+
   meld = callPackage ../applications/version-management/meld {
     inherit (gnome) scrollkeeper;
     pygtk = pyGtkGlade;