diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xssstate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xssstate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1ce545a5f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xssstate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchgit
+, libX11
+, libXScrnSaver
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xssstate";
+  #
+  # Use the date of the last commit, since there were bug fixes after the 1.1
+  # release.
+  #
+  version = "unstable-2022-09-24";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.suckless.org/xssstate/";
+    rev = "5d8e9b49ce2970f786f1e5aa12bbaae83900453f";
+    hash = "sha256-Aor12tU1I/qNZCdBhZcvNK1FWFh0HYK8CEI29X5yoeA=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "VERSION=${version}" ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXScrnSaver ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple tool to retrieve the X screensaver state";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ onemoresuza ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 125d96b166a6..63607dde2a5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14332,6 +14332,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xprintidle-ng = callPackage ../tools/X11/xprintidle-ng { };
 
+  xssstate = callPackage ../tools/X11/xssstate { };
+
   xscast = callPackage ../applications/video/xscast { };
 
   xsettingsd = callPackage ../tools/X11/xsettingsd { };