diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/xedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/xedit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5de0aed34049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/xedit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, autoreconfHook
+, pkg-config
+, utilmacros
+, libX11
+, libXaw
+, libXmu
+, libXt
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xedit";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
+    owner = "xorg/app";
+    repo = "xedit";
+    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0b5ic13aasv6zh20v2k7zyxsqbnsxfq5rs3w8nwzl1gklmgrjxa3";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config utilmacros ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11
+    libXaw
+    libXmu
+    libXt
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-lispdir=$out/share/X11/xedit/lisp"
+    "--with-appdefaultdir=$out/share/X11/app-defaults"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple graphical text editor using Athena Widgets (Xaw)";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xedit";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shamilton ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a087deb1b6b..ea6e8fd3dce3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20408,6 +20408,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xed = callPackage ../development/libraries/xed { };
 
+  xedit = callPackage ../applications/editors/xedit { };
+
   xine-lib = callPackage ../development/libraries/xine-lib { };
 
   xautolock = callPackage ../misc/screensavers/xautolock { };