diff --git a/bins/default.nix b/bins/default.nix
index cbc404d..d5a0d5e 100644
--- a/bins/default.nix
+++ b/bins/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ let
   ix = pkgs.writeScriptBin "ix" (import ./ix.nix { inherit (pkgs) perl; });
   checkRestart = pkgs.writeScriptBin "check-restart"
     (import ./check-restart.nix { inherit (pkgs) perl; });
+  xinStatus = pkgs.writeScriptBin "xin-status"
+    (import ./xin-status.nix { inherit (pkgs) perl perlPackages; });
 
   sfetch = pkgs.writeScriptBin "sfetch" (import ./sfetch.nix {
     inherit gosignify;
@@ -12,7 +14,13 @@ let
   });
 
 in {
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ ix sfetch xclip checkRestart ];
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    ix
+    sfetch
+    xclip
+    checkRestart
+    xinStatus
+  ];
   environment.etc = {
     "signify/openbsd-72-base.pub".text =
       builtins.readFile ./pubs/openbsd-72-base.pub;
diff --git a/bins/xin-status.nix b/bins/xin-status.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbc054b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bins/xin-status.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ perl, perlPackages, ... }:
+
+''
+  #!${perl}/bin/perl
+
+  use strict;
+  use warnings;
+  use Data::Dumper;
+
+  use lib "${perlPackages.JSON}/${perl.libPrefix}/${perl.version}/";
+  use JSON qw{ decode_json encode_json };
+
+  my $info = decode_json(`nixos-version --json`);
+  $info->{needs_restart} = system('check-restart >/dev/null') == 0 ? JSON::false : JSON::true;
+  print encode_json $info;
+''