diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 5b21aec51bdd..1abf87dfcc63 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
   ./services/x11/extra-layouts.nix
   ./services/x11/clight.nix
   ./services/x11/colord.nix
-  ./services/x11/compton.nix
+  ./services/x11/picom.nix
   ./services/x11/unclutter.nix
   ./services/x11/unclutter-xfixes.nix
   ./services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/compton.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/picom.nix
similarity index 89%
rename from nixos/modules/services/x11/compton.nix
rename to nixos/modules/services/x11/picom.nix
index 61174672e2dd..e3bd21be73e4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/compton.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/picom.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with builtins;
 
 let
 
-  cfg = config.services.compton;
+  cfg = config.services.picom;
 
   pairOf = x: with types; addCheck (listOf x) (y: length y == 2);
 
@@ -31,20 +31,24 @@ let
                 (key: value: "${toString key}=${mkValueString value};")
                 v)
             + " }"
-          else abort "compton.mkValueString: unexpected type (v = ${v})";
+          else abort "picom.mkValueString: unexpected type (v = ${v})";
       in "${escape [ sep ] k}${sep}${mkValueString v};")
       attrs);
 
-  configFile = pkgs.writeText "compton.conf" (toConf cfg.settings);
+  configFile = pkgs.writeText "picom.conf" (toConf cfg.settings);
 
 in {
 
-  options.services.compton = {
+  imports = [
+    (mkAliasOptionModule [ "services" "compton" ] [ "services" "picom" ])
+  ];
+
+  options.services.picom = {
     enable = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = false;
       description = ''
-        Whether of not to enable Compton as the X.org composite manager.
+        Whether of not to enable Picom as the X.org composite manager.
       '';
     };
 
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ in {
       ];
       description = ''
         List of conditions of windows that should not be faded.
-        See <literal>compton(1)</literal> man page for more examples.
+        See <literal>picom(1)</literal> man page for more examples.
       '';
     };
 
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ in {
       ];
       description = ''
         List of conditions of windows that should have no shadow.
-        See <literal>compton(1)</literal> man page for more examples.
+        See <literal>picom(1)</literal> man page for more examples.
       '';
     };
 
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ in {
       apply = x:
         let
           res = x != "none";
-          msg = "The type of services.compton.vSync has changed to bool:"
+          msg = "The type of services.picom.vSync has changed to bool:"
                 + " interpreting ${x} as ${boolToString res}";
         in
           if isBool x then x
@@ -222,13 +226,13 @@ in {
       type = loaOf (types.either configTypes (loaOf (types.either configTypes (loaOf configTypes))));
       default = {};
       description = ''
-        Additional Compton configuration.
+        Additional Picom configuration.
       '';
     };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    services.compton.settings = let
+    services.picom.settings = let
       # Hard conversion to float, literally lib.toInt but toFloat
       toFloat = str: let
         may_be_float = builtins.fromJSON str;
@@ -264,8 +268,8 @@ in {
       refresh-rate     = mkDefault cfg.refreshRate;
     };
 
-    systemd.user.services.compton = {
-      description = "Compton composite manager";
+    systemd.user.services.picom = {
+      description = "Picom composite manager";
       wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
       partOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
 
@@ -275,13 +279,13 @@ in {
       };
 
       serviceConfig = {
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.compton}/bin/compton --config ${configFile}";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.picom}/bin/picom --config ${configFile}";
         RestartSec = 3;
         Restart = "always";
       };
     };
 
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.compton ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.picom ];
   };
 
   meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compton/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/default.nix
similarity index 87%
rename from pkgs/applications/window-managers/compton/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/default.nix
index 3f7cfd4864d6..ad5f73ab1739 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compton/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 , xorgproto, libxcb ,xcbutilrenderutil, xcbutilimage, pixman, libev
 , dbus, libconfig, libdrm, libGL, pcre, libX11
 , libXinerama, libXext, xwininfo, libxdg_basedir }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "compton";
-  version = "7.2";
+  pname = "picom";
+  version = "7.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "yshui";
-    repo   = "compton";
+    repo   = "picom";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1vwa5f0nifc1913diqd6cp5k1dlfyc2ijxbcdj1s37ywpx6c63c3";
+    sha256 = "1l48fxl04vkzr4r94sl37nbbw7a621rn8sxmkbdv4252i1gjxd4z";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/compton-trans \
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/picom-trans \
       --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xwininfo ]}
   '';
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       well-defined and proper place.
     '';
     license = licenses.mit;
-    homepage = "https://github.com/yshui/compton";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/yshui/picom";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ertes enzime twey ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 4911f96fad62..c4bfcbc09839 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   clawsMail = claws-mail; # added 2016-04-29
   clutter_gtk = clutter-gtk; # added 2018-02-25
   conkerorWrapper = conkeror; # added 2015-01
+  compton = picom; # added 2019-12-02
   compton-git = compton; # added 2019-05-20
   conntrack_tools = conntrack-tools; # added 2018-05
   cool-old-term = cool-retro-term; # added 2015-01-31
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5d568971b26..fe832c910287 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22215,7 +22215,7 @@ in
 
   inherit (xorg) xcompmgr;
 
-  compton = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/compton {};
+  picom = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/picom {};
 
   xdaliclock = callPackage ../tools/misc/xdaliclock {};