diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb1bb77c..b6f6b89e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TOPDIR=$(shell pwd)
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/common.mk
 
-SUBDIRS:=i3-nagbar i3bar i3-dump-log
+SUBDIRS:=i3bar i3-dump-log
 
 ALL_TARGETS =
 INSTALL_TARGETS =
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include src/i3.mk
 include i3-config-wizard/i3-config-wizard.mk
 include i3-msg/i3-msg.mk
 include i3-input/i3-input.mk
+include i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar.mk
 
 real-all: $(ALL_TARGETS) subdirs
 
diff --git a/i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar.mk b/i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9677b808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+ALL_TARGETS += i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar
+INSTALL_TARGETS += install-i3-nagbar
+CLEAN_TARGETS += clean-i3-nagbar
+
+i3_nagbar_SOURCES := $(wildcard i3-nagbar/*.c)
+i3_nagbar_HEADERS := $(wildcard i3-nagbar/*.h)
+
+i3_nagbar_OBJECTS := $(i3_nagbar_SOURCES:.c=.o)
+
+
+i3-nagbar/%.o: i3-nagbar/%.c $(i3_nagbar_HEADERS)
+	echo "[i3-nagbar] CC $<"
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar: libi3.a $(i3_nagbar_OBJECTS)
+	echo "[i3-nagbar] Link i3-nagbar"
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(filter-out libi3.a,$^) $(LIBS)
+
+install-i3-nagbar: i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar
+	echo "[i3-nagbar] Install"
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
+
+clean-i3-nagbar:
+	echo "[i3-nagbar] Clean"
+	rm -f $(i3_nagbar_OBJECTS) i3-nagbar/i3-nagbar