diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 32896d4fa0e..86093f16ac4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
   ./services/hardware/pcscd.nix
   ./services/hardware/pommed.nix
   ./services/hardware/sane.nix
+  ./services/hardware/spacenavd.nix
   ./services/hardware/tcsd.nix
   ./services/hardware/tlp.nix
   ./services/hardware/thinkfan.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/spacenavd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/spacenavd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9490ee2849a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/spacenavd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let cfg = config.hardware.spacenavd;
+
+in {
+
+  options = {
+    hardware.spacenavd = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          Whether to enable spacenavd to support 3DConnexion devices
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.spacenavd = {
+      description = "spacenavd";
+      after = [ "basic.target" ];
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "forking";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.spacenavd}/bin/spacenavd";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1866259fa09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/spacenavd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.6";
+  name = "spacenavd-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/spacenav/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ayhi06pv5lx36m5abwbib1wbs75svjkz92605cmkaf5jszh7ln2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug"];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/";
+    description = "A free, compatible alternative, to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK, for their 3D input devices (called 'space navigator', 'space pilot', 'space traveller', etc).";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.flosse ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b468132626b..6d6a8d6c247 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8279,6 +8279,7 @@ in
   libspectre = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspectre { };
 
   libspnav = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspnav { };
+  spacenavd = callPackage ../misc/drivers/spacenavd { };
 
   libgsf = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsf { };