diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index aeca70d7fe43..d17be84d11ed 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@
     githubId = 2335822;
     name = "Alexandre Esteves";
   };
+  alexnortung = {
+    name = "alexnortung";
+    email = "alex_nortung@live.dk";
+    github = "alexnortung";
+    githubId = 1552267;
+  };
   alexvorobiev = {
     email = "alexander.vorobiev@gmail.com";
     github = "alexvorobiev";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/session-desktop-appimage/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/session-desktop-appimage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c36159bfabd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/session-desktop-appimage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, appimageTools
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "1.7.1";
+in
+appimageTools.wrapType2 {
+  name = "session-desktop-appimage-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/oxen-io/session-desktop/releases/download/v${version}/session-desktop-linux-x86_64-${version}.AppImage";
+    sha256 = "126dx37099pjaqgfv5gbmvn5iiwv2a8lvfbqy5i9h1w1gqnihwq6";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Onion routing based messenger";
+    homepage = "https://getsession.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alexnortung ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 61132b5c4924..d683cd8f39f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22747,6 +22747,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   seshat = callPackage ../data/fonts/seshat { };
 
+  session-desktop-appimage = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/session-desktop-appimage { };
+
   shaderc = callPackage ../development/compilers/shaderc { };
 
   shades-of-gray-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/shades-of-gray { };