diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index c18b152c7122..7c946be9ddaf 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -12847,6 +12847,11 @@
     github = "juliamertz";
     githubId = 35079666;
   };
+  julian-hoch = {
+    name = "Julian Hoch";
+    github = "julian-hoch";
+    githubId = 95583314;
+  };
   JulianFP = {
     name = "Julian Partanen";
     github = "JulianFP";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xs/xscreenruler/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xs/xscreenruler/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea3d54c88be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xs/xscreenruler/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  xorg,
+  makeWrapper,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "xscreenruler";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "julian-hoch";
+    repo = "xscreenruler";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-oRbZ8r9EOPcLuuX8VyCBNt6ljdnko/EV8C8aeR85xYU=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ xorg.libX11 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -Dm755 xscreenruler -t $out/bin
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/xscreenruler \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xorg.xsetroot ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple screen ruler using xlib";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/julian-hoch/xscreenruler";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.julian-hoch ];
+  };
+})