diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/kvirc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/kvirc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd38855109a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/kvirc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, qtbase, qtmultimedia, qtsvg, qtx11extras
+, pkgconfig, cmake, gettext
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "kvirc";
+  version = "5.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kvirc";
+    repo = "KVIrc";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1dq7v6djw0gz56rvghs4r5gfhzx4sfg60rnv6b9zprw0vlvcxbn4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    qtbase qtmultimedia qtsvg qtx11extras
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig cmake gettext
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Advanced IRC Client";
+    homepage = "http://www.kvirc.net/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.suhr ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2969b21cca1..4ce36d04073 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18664,6 +18664,8 @@ in
     python3Packages = python36Packages;
   };
 
+  kvirc = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/kvirc { };
+
   lame = callPackage ../development/libraries/lame { };
 
   larswm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/larswm { };