diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 693a79c738..62c47ad70e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan@disroot.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 pineapples <guixuser6392@protonmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 muradm <mail@muradm.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cargo)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system meson)
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages cmake)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages crates-io)
   #:use-module (gnu packages cryptsetup)
   #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
   #:use-module (gnu packages disk)
@@ -862,6 +865,74 @@ that require it.  It also provides a universal seat management library that
 allows applications to use whatever seat management is available.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public greetd
+  (package
+    (name "greetd")
+    (version "0.7.0")
+    (home-page "https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url home-page)
+                    (commit version)))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32 "0lmwr5ld9x2wlq00i7mjgm9by8zndiq9girj8g93k0kww9zbgr3g"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-nix" ,rust-nix-0.17)
+        ("rust-pam-sys" ,rust-pam-sys-0.5.6)
+        ("rust-rpassword" ,rust-rpassword-4)
+        ("rust-users" ,rust-users-0.9)
+        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1)
+        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
+        ("rust-tokio" ,rust-tokio-0.2)
+        ("rust-getopts" ,rust-getopts-0.2)
+        ("rust-thiserror" ,rust-thiserror-1)
+        ("rust-async-trait" ,rust-async-trait-0.1)
+        ("rust-enquote" ,rust-enquote-1))
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (delete 'package)
+         (replace 'install
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                    (sbin (string-append out "/sbin"))
+                    (share (string-append out "/share"))
+                    (man (string-append share "/man"))
+                    (man1 (string-append man "/man1"))
+                    (man5 (string-append man "/man5"))
+                    (man7 (string-append man "/man7"))
+                    (release "target/release")
+                    (greetd-bin (string-append release "/greetd"))
+                    (agreety-bin (string-append release "/agreety")))
+               (install-file greetd-bin sbin)
+               (install-file agreety-bin bin)
+               (mkdir-p man1)
+               (mkdir-p man5)
+               (mkdir-p man7)
+               (with-directory-excursion "man"
+                 (system "scdoc < greetd-1.scd > greetd.1")
+                 (system "scdoc < greetd-5.scd > greetd.5")
+                 (system "scdoc < greetd-ipc-7.scd > greetd-ipc.7")
+                 (system "scdoc < agreety-1.scd > agreety.1"))
+               (install-file "man/greetd.1" man1)
+               (install-file "man/greetd.5" man5)
+               (install-file "man/greetd-ipc.7" man7)
+               (install-file "man/agreety.1" man1)
+               #t))))))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("linux-pam" ,linux-pam)
+       ("scdoc" ,scdoc)))
+    (synopsis "minimal and flexible login manager daemon")
+    (description
+     "greetd is a minimal and flexible login manager daemon
+that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.")
+    (license license:gpl3+)))
+
 (define-public packagekit
   (package
     (name "packagekit")
