diff --git a/i3/i3.nix b/i3/i3.nix
index 23616f1..5e47572 100644
--- a/i3/i3.nix
+++ b/i3/i3.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {writeTextDir, writeScript, lib,
 rofi, xss-lock, nitrogen, compton-git, i3status, i3-gaps
-, i3lock-fancy, xset, alsaUtils, light, screenshot_public, xorg,
+, i3lock-fancy, xset, alsaUtils, light, screenshot_public, xorg, libinput-gestures,
 with_lock ? true, compton_name ? "default"}:
 
 let
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ exec --no-startup-id ${compton-git}/bin/compton --config /home/yorick/dotfiles/x
 
 exec --no-startup-id ${xorg.xf86inputsynaptics}/bin/syndaemon -i 0.5 -k -t
 exec --no-startup-id ${xss-lock}/bin/xss-lock -l -- ${locker}
+exec --no-startup-id ${libinput-gestures}/bin/libinput-gestures
 
 '') + ''
 
diff --git a/nix/.nixpkgs/config.nix b/nix/.nixpkgs/config.nix
index 5a5b38f..a8839fd 100644
--- a/nix/.nixpkgs/config.nix
+++ b/nix/.nixpkgs/config.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
       '';
     };
 
+    libinput-gestures = pkgs.callPackage ./libinput-gestures.nix {};
+
     weiightminder = pkgs.callPackage (fetchgit {
       url = https://gist.github.com/yorickvP/229d21a7da13c9c514dbd26147822641;
       rev = "9749ef4d83c0078bc0248215ee882d7124827cf3";
diff --git a/nix/.nixpkgs/libinput-gestures.nix b/nix/.nixpkgs/libinput-gestures.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ba625b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/.nixpkgs/libinput-gestures.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ pkgs ? (import <nixpkgs> {})
+, stdenv ? pkgs.stdenv
+, xdotool ? pkgs.xdotool
+, makeWrapper ? pkgs.makeWrapper
+, wmctrl ? pkgs.wmctrl
+, fetchFromGitHub ?  pkgs.fetchFromGitHub
+, bash ? pkgs.bash
+, python3 ? pkgs.python3
+, libinput ? pkgs.libinput
+, procps ? pkgs.procps
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.16";
+  name = "libinput-gestures-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bulletmark";
+    repo = "libinput-gestures";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0ix1ygbrwjvabxpq8g4xcfdjrcc6jq79vxpbv6msaxmjxp6dv17w";
+  };
+
+  patches = [./paths.diff];
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out)";
+  preInstall = ''
+    substituteAllInPlace libinput-gestures.desktop
+  '';
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/libinput-gestures \
+      --prefix PATH : "${python3}/bin:${xdotool}/bin:${wmctrl}/bin:${libinput}/bin"
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/libinput-gestures-setup \
+      --replace "DIR=\"/" "DIR=\"$out/"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/libinput-gestures-setup \
+      --prefix PATH : "${procps}/bin:${libinput}/bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "libinput gesture recognition";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yorickvp ];
+  };
+}