diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a8d7081b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/bviplus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bviplus-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bviplus/bviplus/${version}/bviplus-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "10x6fbn8v6i0y0m40ja30pwpyqksnn8k2vqd290vxxlvlhzah4zb";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    ncurses
+  ];
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "ncurses based hex editor with a vim-like interface";
+    homepage = "http://bviplus.sourceforge.net";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e1426d64c1..139a5389319 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10530,6 +10530,8 @@ let
 
   bvi = callPackage ../applications/editors/bvi { };
 
+  bviplus = callPackage ../applications/editors/bviplus { };
+
   calf = callPackage ../applications/audio/calf {
       inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };