diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f064cf4e885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotifyd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pkgconfig, openssl
+, withALSA ? true, alsaLib ? null
+, withPulseAudio ? false, libpulseaudio ? null
+, withPortAudio ? false, portaudio ? null
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "spotifyd";
+  version = "0.2.11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Spotifyd";
+    repo = "spotifyd";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "1iybk9xrrvhrcl2xl5r2xhyn1ydhrgwnnb8ldhsw5c16b32z03q1";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0879p1h32259schmy8j3xnwpw3sw80f8mrj8s6b5aihi3yyzz521";
+
+  cargoBuildFlags = [
+    "--no-default-features"
+    "--features"
+    "${stdenv.lib.optionalString withALSA "alsa_backend,"}${stdenv.lib.optionalString withPulseAudio "pulseaudio_backend,"}${stdenv.lib.optionalString withPortAudio "portaudio_backend,"}"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withALSA alsaLib
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withPulseAudio libpulseaudio
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional withPortAudio portaudio;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.anderslundstedt ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 03ae106c481a..55ae0f3fa67b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18496,6 +18496,12 @@ in
 
   spectral = qt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/spectral { };
 
+  spotifyd = callPackage ../applications/audio/spotifyd {
+    withALSA = stdenv.isLinux;
+    withPulseAudio = config.pulseaudio or true;
+    withPortAudio = stdenv.isDarwin;
+  };
+
   super-productivity = callPackage ../applications/networking/super-productivity { };
 
   wlc = callPackage ../development/libraries/wlc { };