diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..598e6eb414d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk, xfce }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xfce4-notifyd-0.2.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/xfce4-notifyd/0.2/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0s4ilc36sl5k5mg5727rmqims1l3dy5pwg6dk93wyjqnqbgnhvmn";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig gtk xfce.libxfce4util xfce.libxfce4ui xfce.xfconf ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-notifyd;
+    description = "The Xfce Notify Daemon";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/default.nix
index c20e42d20196..bfe7fddd7381 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce-4.8/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ rec {
 
   ristretto = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix { };
 
+  xfce4_notifyd = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-notifyd.nix { };
+
   xfce4_power_manager = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-power-manager.nix { };
 
   xfce4mixer = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix { };