diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd934b6cf73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig, glib, openssl, expat
+, ncurses, libotr, curl, libstrophe
+
+, autoAwaySupport ? false, libXScrnSaver ? null, libX11 ? null
+, notifySupport ? false,   libnotify ? null, gdk_pixbuf ? null
+}:
+
+assert autoAwaySupport -> libXScrnSaver != null && libX11 != null;
+assert notifySupport   -> libnotify != null && gdk_pixbuf != null;
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "profanity-${version}";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.profanity.im/profanity-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0qzwqxcxf695z3gf94psd2x619vlp4hkkjmkrpsla1ns0f6v6dkl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    automake autoconf pkgconfig
+    glib openssl expat ncurses libotr curl libstrophe
+  ] ++ optionals autoAwaySupport [ libXScrnSaver libX11 ]
+    ++ optionals notifySupport   [ libnotify gdk_pixbuf ];
+
+  preConfigure = "sh bootstrap.sh";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A console based XMPP client";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using ncurses and
+      libstrophe, inspired by Irssi.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://profanity.im/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.devhell ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4757831899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, automake, autoconf, libtool, openssl, expat, pkgconfig, check }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libstrophe-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "strophe";
+    repo = "libstrophe";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1iic8xbcxh21dzns8m9kkz0cj5f3ppn414gnhyh4y2wcjsz6hp8l";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf openssl expat libtool pkgconfig check ];
+
+  dontDisableStatic = true;
+
+  preConfigure = "mkdir m4 && sh bootstrap.sh";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple, lightweight C library for writing XMPP clients";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libstrophe is a lightweight XMPP client library written in C. It has
+      minimal dependencies and is configurable for various environments. It
+      runs well on both Linux, Unix, and Windows based platforms.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://strophe.im/libstrophe/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.devhell ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 468bc0839f1..c3b45fbc821 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6232,6 +6232,8 @@ let
 
   libstartup_notification = callPackage ../development/libraries/startup-notification { };
 
+  libstrophe = callPackage ../development/libraries/libstrophe { };
+
   libspatialindex = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspatialindex { };
 
   libspatialite = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspatialite { };
@@ -10715,6 +10717,11 @@ let
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };
 
+  profanity = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity {
+    notifySupport   = config.profanity.notifySupport   or true;
+    autoAwaySupport = config.profanity.autoAwaySupport or true;
+  };
+
   pstree = callPackage ../applications/misc/pstree { };
 
   pulseview = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/pulseview { };