diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index 23051d8..0db3666 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ in {
     ./services/screen-locker.nix
     # ./services/stalonetray.nix
     ./services/sxhkd.nix
+    ./services/tumblerd.nix
   ];
 
   sops.defaultSopsFile = ../secrets/home.yaml;
diff --git a/home/services/tumblerd.nix b/home/services/tumblerd.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84a0908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/services/tumblerd.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  package = pkgs.xfce.tumbler;
+in
+{
+  systemd.user.services.tumblerd = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Thumbnailing service";
+    };
+
+    Service = {
+      Type = "dbus";
+      BusName = "org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1";
+      ExecStart = "${package}/lib/tumbler-1/tumblerd";
+    };
+  };
+
+  xdg.dataFile = {
+    "dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Cache1.service".source = "${package}/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Cache1.service";
+    "dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Manager1.service".source = "${package}/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Manager1.service";
+    "dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Thumbnailer1.service".source = "${package}/share/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Tumbler.Thumbnailer1.service";
+  };
+
+  # TODO: configure properly
+  xdg.configFile."tumbler/tumbler.rc".source = "${package}/etc/xdg/tumbler/tumbler.rc";
+}