diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2eb3170b88cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rootbar/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchhg
+, pkg-config
+, meson
+, ninja
+, gtk3
+, json_c
+, libpulseaudio
+, wayland
+, wrapGAppsHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "rootbar";
+  version = "unstable-2020-11-13";
+
+  src = fetchhg {
+    url = "https://hg.sr.ht/~scoopta/rootbar";
+    rev = "a018e10cfc5e";
+    sha256 = "sha256-t6oDIYCVaCxaYy4bS1vxESaFDNxsx5JQLQK77eVuafE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkg-config wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    json_c
+    libpulseaudio
+    wayland
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alexays/waybar";
+    description = "A bar for Wayland WMs";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Root Bar is a bar for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway and
+      was designed to address the lack of good bars for wayland.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3d9840ab89d..fa034ca71315 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22284,6 +22284,8 @@ in
 
   tiramisu = callPackage ../applications/misc/tiramisu { };
 
+  rootbar = callPackage ../applications/misc/rootbar {};
+
   waybar = callPackage ../applications/misc/waybar {};
 
   hikari = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/hikari { };