diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/default.nix
index 8c39ab3f207..7de74f405b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/default.nix
@@ -556,6 +556,10 @@ in rec {
     };
   };
 
+  tmux-thumbs = pkgs.callPackage ./tmux-thumbs {
+    inherit mkTmuxPlugin;
+  };
+
   urlview = mkTmuxPlugin {
     pluginName = "urlview";
     version = "unstable-2016-01-06";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f55a2dbe7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, mkTmuxPlugin, fetchFromGitHub, thumbs, substituteAll }:
+
+mkTmuxPlugin rec {
+  pluginName = "tmux-thumbs";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+  rtpFilePath = "tmux-thumbs.tmux";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fcsonline";
+    repo = pluginName;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-PH1nscmVhxJFupS7dlbOb+qEwG/Pa/2P6XFIbR/cfaQ=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix.patch;
+      tmuxThumbsDir = "${thumbs}/bin";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs";
+    description = "A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust for copy pasting with vimium/vimperator like hints.";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ghostbuster91 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/fix.patch b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..326696ebc40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tmux-plugins/tmux-thumbs/fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.sh b/tmux-thumbs.sh
+index 34dd528..8c05d54 100755
+--- a/tmux-thumbs.sh
++++ b/tmux-thumbs.sh
+@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env bash
+ set -Eeu -o pipefail
+ 
+-VERSION=$(grep 'version =' Cargo.toml | grep -oe "[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+.[0-9]\+")
+-
+ # Setup env variables to be compatible with compiled and bundled installations
+ CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+-RELEASE_DIR="${CURRENT_DIR}/target/release"
+-
+-THUMBS_BINARY="${RELEASE_DIR}/thumbs"
+-TMUX_THUMBS_BINARY="${RELEASE_DIR}/tmux-thumbs"
+-
+-if [ ! -f "$THUMBS_BINARY" ]; then
+-  tmux split-window "cd ${CURRENT_DIR} && bash ./tmux-thumbs-install.sh"
+-  exit
+-elif [[ $(${THUMBS_BINARY} --version) != "thumbs ${VERSION}"  ]]; then
+-  tmux split-window "cd ${CURRENT_DIR} && bash ./tmux-thumbs-install.sh update"
+-  exit
+-fi
+ 
+ function get-opt-value() {
+   tmux show -vg "@thumbs-${1}" 2> /dev/null
+@@ -36,7 +22,7 @@ function get-opt-arg() {
+   fi
+ }
+ 
+-PARAMS=(--dir "${CURRENT_DIR}")
++PARAMS=(--dir @tmuxThumbsDir@)
+ 
+ function add-param() {
+   local type opt arg
+@@ -51,4 +37,4 @@ add-param upcase-command string
+ add-param multi-command  string
+ add-param osc52          boolean
+ 
+-"${TMUX_THUMBS_BINARY}" "${PARAMS[@]}" || true
++@tmuxThumbsDir@/tmux-thumbs "${PARAMS[@]}" || true
+
+
+