diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1a4ecd787d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/applications/parole.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, intltool, gst_all_1
+, gtk, dbus_glib, libxfce4ui, libxfce4util, xfconf
+, taglib, libnotify
+, withGstPlugins ? true
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  p_name  = "parole";
+  ver_maj = "0.5";
+  ver_min = "4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://xfce/src/apps/${p_name}/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1hxzqg9dfghrhvmnnccwwa4278fh2awkcqy89sla05m08mxvvx60";
+  };
+  name = "${p_name}-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
+    gtk dbus_glib libxfce4ui libxfce4util xfconf
+    taglib libnotify
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-gstreamer=1.0" ];
+
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString withGstPlugins ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/parole" --prefix \
+      GST_PLUGIN_PATH ":" ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep ":"
+        (map (s: s+"/lib/gstreamer-1.0") (with gst_all_1; [
+          gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good
+          gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly
+          gst-libav
+        ])) }
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/${p_name}";
+    description = "Modern simple media player";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index ede7ffb6c49..b9c84cf95e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ xfce_self = rec { # the lines are very long but it seems better than the even-od
 
   gigolo          = callPackage ./applications/gigolo.nix { };
   mousepad        = callPackage ./applications/mousepad.nix { };
+  parole          = callPackage ./applications/parole.nix { };
   ristretto       = callPackage ./applications/ristretto.nix { };
   terminal        = xfce4terminal; # it has changed its name
   xfce4mixer      = callPackage ./applications/xfce4-mixer.nix { };