diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ego/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ego/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67a71a196bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ego/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, makeBinaryWrapper
+, acl
+, xorg
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "ego";
+  version = "1.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "intgr";
+    repo = "ego";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-613RM7Ldye0wHAH3VMhzhyT5WVTybph3gS/WNMrsgGI=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ acl ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper ];
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-3leKejQ8kxamjwQPH1vg2I1CYc3r8k3pYfTWpOkqq8I=";
+
+  # requires access to /root
+  checkFlags = [
+    "--skip tests::test_check_user_homedir"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ego --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xorg.xhost ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Run Linux desktop applications under a different local user";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/intgr/ego";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
+    mainProgram = "ego";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3f69dc9574..26fc3d5b44a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5025,6 +5025,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   egglog = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/egglog { };
 
+  ego = callPackage ../tools/misc/ego { };
+
   ekam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/ekam { };
 
   eksctl = callPackage ../tools/admin/eksctl { };