diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/viw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/viw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4025bf252b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/viw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "viw";
+  version = "unstable-20171029";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lpan";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "2cf317f6d82a6fa58f284074400297b6dc0f44c2";
+    sha256 = "0bnkh57v01zay6ggk0rbddaf75i48h8z06xsv33wfbjldclaljp1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CC=cc" ];
+  checkFlags = [ "test-command" "test-buffer" "test-state" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm 755 -t $out/bin viw
+    install -Dm 644 -t $out/share/doc/${pname} README.md
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "VI Worsened, a fun and light clone of VI";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lpan/viw";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f421922b0e9..e65a486b7e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23406,6 +23406,8 @@ in
     inherit (lua52Packages) lpeg;
   };
 
+  viw = callPackage ../applications/editors/viw { };
+
   virt-viewer = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-viewer { };
 
   virt-top = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-top { };