diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/obconf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/obconf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8074e52c7cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/obconf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, gtk3, openbox,
+  imlib2, libxml2, libstartup_notification, makeWrapper, libSM }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "obconf";
+  version = "unstable-2015-02-13";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.openbox.org/dana/obconf";
+    rev = "63ec47c5e295ad4f09d1df6d92afb7e10c3fec39";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qwm66VA/ueRMFtSUcrmuObNkz+KYgWRnmR7TnQwpxiE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtk3
+    imlib2
+    libSM
+    libstartup_notification
+    libxml2
+    makeWrapper
+    openbox
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace 2.0.4 ${version}
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/obconf --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : ${openbox}/share/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GUI configuration tool for openbox";
+    homepage = "http://openbox.org/wiki/ObConf";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sfrijters ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ce19966241d3..c6bcedee891d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -688,7 +688,6 @@ mapAliases ({
   nylas-mail-bin = throw "nylas-mail-bin was deprecated on 2019-09-11: abandoned by upstream";
   oauth2_proxy = oauth2-proxy; # added 2021-04-18
   opencascade_oce = opencascade; # added 2018-04-25
-  obconf = throw "obconf has been removed"; # added 2022-01-16
   oblogout = throw "oblogout has been removed from nixpkgs, as it's archived upstream."; # added 2019-12-10
   octoprint-plugins = throw "octoprint-plugins are now part of the octoprint.python.pkgs package set."; # added 2021-01-24
   ofp = throw "ofp is not compatible with odp-dpdk";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1126561e92bc..d836172adb87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28032,6 +28032,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nvpy = callPackage ../applications/editors/nvpy { };
 
+  obconf = callPackage ../tools/X11/obconf { };
+
   oberon-risc-emu = callPackage ../misc/emulators/oberon-risc-emu { };
 
   obs-studio = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/obs-studio {};