diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 31760c94eb0..e5286fa995e 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
   dbrock = "Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>";
   deepfire = "Kosyrev Serge <_deepfire@feelingofgreen.ru>";
   demin-dmitriy = "Dmitriy Demin <demindf@gmail.com>";
+  derchris = "Christian Gerbrandt <derchris@me.com>";
   DerGuteMoritz = "Moritz Heidkamp <moritz@twoticketsplease.de>";
   dermetfan = "Robin Stumm <serverkorken@gmail.com>";
   DerTim1 = "Tim Digel <tim.digel@active-group.de>";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xtermcontrol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xtermcontrol/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eae5240129a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xtermcontrol/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.3";
+  name = "xtermcontrol-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://thrysoee.dk/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1v2c1cnx43apmspga7icssh5ndbhzy5h82y6vm8fda40flq9mxj5";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Enables dynamic control of xterm properties";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Enables dynamic control of xterm properties.
+      It makes it easy to change colors, title, font and geometry of a running xterm, as well as to report the current settings of these properties.
+      Window manipulations de-/iconify, raise/lower, maximize/restore and reset are also supported.
+      To complete the feature set; xtermcontrol lets advanced users issue any xterm control sequence of their choosing.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://thrysoee.dk/xtermcontrol;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.derchris ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e6ed1a6715e..c92b744edb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19224,4 +19224,6 @@ with pkgs;
   undaemonize = callPackage ../tools/system/undaemonize {};
 
   houdini = callPackage ../applications/misc/houdini {};
+
+  xtermcontrol = callPackage ../applications/misc/xtermcontrol {};
 }