diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index ec8678b614..d66cf417f6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -39,10 +40,12 @@ (define-module (gnu packages xorg)
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages anthy)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages emacs)
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages xorg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages image)
   #:use-module (gnu packages libbsd)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libedit)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
   #:use-module (gnu packages llvm)
   #:use-module (gnu packages m4)
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages xorg)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages qt)
   #:use-module (gnu packages spice)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xiph)
@@ -5983,3 +5988,96 @@ (define-public xpra
 without losing any state.  It can also be used to forward full desktops from
 X11 servers, Windows, or macOS.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
+
+(define-public uim
+  (package
+    (name "uim")
+    (version "1.8.6")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://github.com/uim/uim/releases/download/uim-"
+                           version "/uim-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0pr3rfqpxha8p6cxzdjsxbbmmr76riklzw36f68phd1zqw1sh7kv"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("anthy" ,anthy)
+       ("libedit" ,libedit)
+       ("libxft" ,libxft)
+       ("m17n-lib" ,m17n-lib)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:modules ((guix build gnu-build-system)
+                  (guix build utils)
+                  (guix build emacs-utils))
+       #:imported-modules (,@%gnu-build-system-modules
+                           (guix build emacs-utils))
+       #:configure-flags
+       (list "--with-anthy-utf8"
+             (string-append "--with-lispdir=" %output
+                            "/share/emacs/site-lisp/guix.d")
+             ;; Set proper runpath
+             (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath=" %output "/lib"))
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         ;; Set path of uim-el-agent and uim-el-helper-agent executables
+         (add-after 'configure 'configure-uim-el
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (substitute* "emacs/uim-var.el"
+               (("\"(uim-el-agent|uim-el-helper-agent)\"" _ executable)
+                (string-append "\"" (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                               "/bin/" executable "\"")))
+             #t))
+         ;; Generate emacs autoloads for uim.el
+         (add-after 'install 'make-autoloads
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (emacs-generate-autoloads
+              ,name (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                                   "/share/emacs/site-lisp"))
+             #t)))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/uim/uim")
+    (synopsis "Multilingual input method framework")
+    (description "Uim is a multilingual input method library and environment.
+It provides a simple, easily extensible and high code-quality input method
+development platform, and useful input method environment for users of desktop
+and embedded platforms.")
+    (license (list license:lgpl2.1+ ; scm/py.scm, pixmaps/*.{svg,png} (see pixmaps/README)
+                   license:gpl2+ ; scm/pinyin-big5.scm
+                   license:gpl3+ ; scm/elatin-rules.cm
+                   license:public-domain ; scm/input-parse.scm, scm/match.scm
+                   ;; gtk2/toolbar/eggtrayicon.{ch},
+                   ;; qt3/chardict/kseparator.{cpp,h},
+                   ;; qt3/pref/kseparator.{cpp,h}
+                   license:lgpl2.0+
+                   ;; pixmaps/*.{svg,png} (see pixmaps/README),
+                   ;; all other files
+                   license:bsd-3))))
+
+(define-public uim-gtk
+  (package
+    (inherit uim)
+    (name "uim-gtk")
+    (inputs
+     `(("gtk" ,gtk+)
+       ("gtk" ,gtk+-2)
+       ,@(package-inputs uim)))
+    (synopsis "Multilingual input method framework (GTK+ support)")))
+
+(define-public uim-qt
+  (package
+    (inherit uim)
+    (name "uim-qt")
+    (inputs
+     `(("qt" ,qt-4)
+       ,@(package-inputs uim)))
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments uim)
+       ((#:configure-flags configure-flags)
+        (append configure-flags (list "--with-qt4-immodule"
+                                      "--with-qt4")))))
+    (synopsis "Multilingual input method framework (Qt support)")))