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..8f28c572b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig, glib, openssl, expat, ncurses, libnotify, libotr, curl, libstrophe }:
+
+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 libnotify libotr curl libstrophe ];
+
+  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 = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.devhell ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14a7fb0fd49..80abefbc102 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10579,6 +10579,8 @@ let
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };
 
+  profanity = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/profanity { };
+
   pstree = callPackage ../applications/misc/pstree { };
 
   pulseview = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/pulseview { };