diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
index 1a809307cc12b..4791fe693644a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dunst/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
 , pkgconfig, which, perl, libXrandr
 , cairo, dbus, systemd, gdk_pixbuf, glib, libX11, libXScrnSaver
-, libXinerama, libnotify, libxdg_basedir, pango, xproto, librsvg
+, libXinerama, libnotify, libxdg_basedir, pango, xproto, librsvg, dunstify ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD=$(out)/lib/systemd/user"
   ];
 
+  buildFlags = if dunstify then [ "dunstify" ] else [];
+
   postInstall = ''
+    ${if dunstify then "install -Dm755 dunstify $out/bin" else ""}
+    install -Dm755 dunstify $out/bin
     wrapProgram $out/bin/dunst \
       --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
   '';