diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index 7984ac0..cf20bee 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  # NOTE: no overlays at the moment
+  i3status-rust-main-program = import ./i3status-rust-main-program;
 }
diff --git a/overlays/i3status-rust-main-program/default.nix b/overlays/i3status-rust-main-program/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6bbb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/i3status-rust-main-program/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+final: prev:
+{
+  i3status-rust = prev.i3status-rust.overrideAttrs (oa: {
+    meta = oa.meta or { } // {
+      mainProgram = "i3status-rs";
+    };
+  });
+}