diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36cf593a8904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "i3blocks-gaps-${version}";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Airblader";
+    repo = "i3blocks-gaps";
+    rev = "4cfdf93c75f729a2c96d471004d31734e923812f";
+    sha256 = "0v9307ij8xzwdaxay3r75sd2cp453s3qb6q7dy9fks2p6wwqpazi";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = "all";
+  installFlags = "PREFIX=\${out} VERSION=${version}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A flexible scheduler for your i3bar blocks -- this is a fork to use with i3-gaps";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Airblader/i3blocks-gaps;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ "carlsverre" ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 910dad4e554c..23d4fc9a9306 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13350,6 +13350,8 @@ in
 
   i3blocks = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/blocks.nix { };
 
+  i3blocks-gaps = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix { };
+
   i3cat = callPackage ../tools/misc/i3cat { };
 
   i3lock = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/i3/lock.nix {