diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/fontmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fontmatrix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84986e0d900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/fontmatrix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fontmatrix-0.6.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://fontmatrix.be/archives/${name}-Source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "bcc5e929d95d2a0c9481d185144095c4e660255220a7ae6640298163ee77042c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fontmatrix is a free/libre font explorer for Linux, Windows and Mac";
+    homepage = http://fontmatrix.be/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 720538de89f..84cf2ed6aef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1511,6 +1511,8 @@ let
     withGTK = true;
   };
 
+  fontmatrix = callPackage ../applications/graphics/fontmatrix {};
+
   foremost = callPackage ../tools/system/foremost { };
 
   forktty = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/forktty {};