diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 772fb2668f4..7095b88a34c 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@
   xnwdd = "Guillermo NWDD <nwdd+nixos@no.team>";
   xvapx = "Marti Serra <marti.serra.coscollano@gmail.com>";
   xwvvvvwx = "David Terry <davidterry@posteo.de>";
+  xzfc = "Albert Safin <xzfcpw@gmail.com>";
   yarr = "Dmitry V. <savraz@gmail.com>";
   yegortimoshenko = "Yegor Timoshenko <yegortimoshenko@gmail.com>";
   ylwghst = "Burim Augustin Berisa <ylwghst@onionmail.info>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/xpointerbarrier/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpointerbarrier/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5eb1faafe2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/xpointerbarrier/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, xorg, fetchFromGitHub }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xpointerbarrier-${version}";
+  version = "17.10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vain";
+    repo = "xpointerbarrier";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0p4qc7ggndf74d2xdf38659prx3r3lfi5jc8nmqx52c9fqdshcrk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ xorg.libX11 xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXrandr ];
+
+  makeFlags = "prefix=$(out)";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/vain/xpointerbarrier;
+    description = "Create X11 pointer barriers around your working area";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = stdenv.lib.maintainers.xzfc;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1adfc2d2f2a..31cc09c62f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17340,6 +17340,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xpdf = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/xpdf { };
 
+  xpointerbarrier = callPackage ../tools/X11/xpointerbarrier {};
+
   xkb_switch = callPackage ../tools/X11/xkb-switch { };
 
   xkblayout-state = callPackage ../applications/misc/xkblayout-state { };