diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
index 7fb879a7ad..cfeb17e533 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages suckless)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gawk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libbsd)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
@@ -424,6 +425,40 @@ (define-public xst
 @end itemize")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public lukesmithxyz-st
+  (let ((commit "e053bd6036331cc7d14f155614aebc20f5371d3a")
+        (revision "0"))
+    (package
+      (inherit st)
+      (name "lukesmithxyz-st")
+      (version "0.8.4")
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st")
+               (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (sha256
+          (base32 "12avzzapkkj4mvd00zh8b6gynk6jysh84jcwlkliyyd82lvyw22v"))))
+      (arguments
+       (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments st)
+         ((#:phases phases)
+          `(modify-phases ,phases
+             (add-after 'unpack 'remove-calls-to-git
+               (lambda _
+                 (substitute* "Makefile"
+                   (("git submodule init") "")
+                   (("git submodule update") ""))))))))
+      (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs st)
+                (prepend libxext harfbuzz)))
+      (home-page "https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st")
+      (synopsis "Luke Smith's fork of st")
+      (description
+       "This package is Luke's fork of the suckless simple terminal (st) with
+Vim bindings and Xresource compatibility.")
+      (license license:expat))))
+
 (define-public surf
   (package
     (name "surf")