diff --git a/home/files/i3-blocks b/home/files/i3-blocks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ebc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/files/i3-blocks
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# i3blocks config file
+#
+# TODO: Use nix to reload the blocks on config change
+#
+# Please see man i3blocks for a complete reference!
+# The man page is also hosted at http://vivien.github.io/i3blocks
+#
+# List of valid properties:
+#
+# align
+# color
+# command
+# full_text
+# instance
+# interval
+# label
+# min_width
+# name
+# separator
+# separator_block_width
+# short_text
+# signal
+# urgent
+
+# Global properties
+#
+# The top properties below are applied to every block, but can be overridden.
+# Each block command defaults to the script name to avoid boilerplate.
+markup=pango
+
+# Date Time
+[time]
+command=LC_TIME=en_US.utf8 date '+📅 %a %B %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'; date '+📅 %a %d. %H:%M:%S'
+interval=1
+
+# vi: ft=conf
diff --git a/home/packages.nix b/home/packages.nix
index 9b3be36..01590cb 100644
--- a/home/packages.nix
+++ b/home/packages.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ with pkgs; [
   gnome.gnome-screenshot
 
   networkmanager_dmenu
+  i3blocks
   st
   ncdu
   tree
diff --git a/home/windowManager/i3.nix b/home/windowManager/i3.nix
index cf55724..37448e0 100644
--- a/home/windowManager/i3.nix
+++ b/home/windowManager/i3.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ in {
       workspaceButtons = true;
       workspaceNumbers = true;
 
+      statusCommand = "i3blocks";
+
       fonts = {
         names = ["monospace"];
         style = "Bold";
diff --git a/home/xdg.nix b/home/xdg.nix
index 7d14b7c..784fc5a 100644
--- a/home/xdg.nix
+++ b/home/xdg.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
   configFile = {
 
+    "i3blocks/config".source = ./files/i3-blocks;
+
     "borg/exclude".source = ./files/borg-exclude;
     "ctags/config.ctags".source = ./files/ctags;
     "sc-im/scimrc".source = ./files/scimrc;