diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7c11fd4b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, libX11
+, fontconfig
+, libXft
+, libXrender
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "stw";
+  version = "unstable-2022-02-04";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sineemore";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "c034e04ac912c157f9faa35cb769ba93d92486a0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-YohHF1O0lm6QWJv/wkS4RVJvWaOjcYSZNls6tt4hbqo==";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 fontconfig libXft libXrender ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CC:=$(CC)" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple text widget for X resembling the watch(1) command";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ somasis ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29ef48496f4..7945164f008 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29579,6 +29579,8 @@ with pkgs;
     ncurses = ncurses5;
   };
 
+  stw = callPackage ../applications/misc/stw { };
+
   styx = callPackage ../applications/misc/styx { };
 
   sway-launcher-desktop = callPackage ../applications/misc/sway-launcher-desktop { };