diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9ca27f13f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, boost, cmakeCurses, fftwSinglePrec, fltk,
+jackaudio, libsndfile, mesa, minixml, pkgconfig, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "yoshimi-${version}";
+  version = "0.060.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/yoshimi/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0y67w7y515hx2bi5gfjgsw1hdah1bdrrvcfmqyjsvn7jbd0q47v1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib boost cmakeCurses fftwSinglePrec fltk
+    jackaudio libsndfile mesa minixml pkgconfig zlib ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd src
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DFLTK_MATH_LIBRARY=${stdenv.glibc}/lib/libm.so" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "high quality software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Yoshimi delivers the same synthesizer capabilities as
+      ZynAddSubFX along with very good Jack and Alsa midi/audio
+      functionality on Linux
+    '';
+    homepage = http://yoshimi.sourceforge.net;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5e587099b3f..0f4bc45be11 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7119,6 +7119,10 @@ let
 
   yakuake = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/misc/yakuake { };
 
+  yoshimi = callPackage ../applications/audio/yoshimi {
+    fltk = fltk11;
+  };
+
   zapping = callPackage ../applications/video/zapping {
     inherit (gnome) scrollkeeper libgnomeui libglade esound;
     teletextSupport = true;