diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index fbe8af33d0..f680d253c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Alexander I.Grafov <grafov@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 xd1le <elisp.vim@gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system glib-or-gtk)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages asciidoc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
@@ -489,6 +491,38 @@ clicks or timed double clicks take actions.  Also all functions that work in
 Guile will work for XBindKeys.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public sxhkd
+  (package
+    (name "sxhkd")
+    (version "0.5.5")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append
+             "https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd/archive/"
+             version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "04s3y2bq9502gw72jj3y2zsh96yj3qg2av3zsa8ahd2farvrysg6"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("asciidoc" ,asciidoc)
+       ("libxcb" ,libxcb)
+       ("xcb-util" ,xcb-util)
+       ("xcb-util-keysyms" ,xcb-util-keysyms)
+       ("xcb-util-wm" ,xcb-util-wm)))
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases (alist-delete 'configure %standard-phases)
+       #:tests? #f  ; no check target
+       #:make-flags (list "CC=gcc"
+                          (string-append "PREFIX=" %output))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd")
+    (synopsis "Simple X hotkey daemon")
+    (description "sxhkd is a simple X hotkey daemon with a powerful and
+compact configuration syntax.")
+    (license license:bsd-2)))
+
 (define-public rxvt-unicode
   (package
     (name "rxvt-unicode")