diff --git a/pkgs/games/openarena/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openarena/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7db727a13fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/openarena/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ fetchurl, makeWrapper, patchelf, pkgs, stdenv, SDL, libogg, libvorbis }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "openarena-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "openarena.zip";
+    url = "http://openarena.ws/request.php?4";
+    sha256 = "0jmc1cmdz1rcvqc9ilzib1kilpwap6v0d331l6q53wsibdzsz3ss";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip patchelf makeWrapper];
+
+  installPhase = let
+    gameDir = "$out/openarena-$version";
+    interpreter = "${stdenv.glibc}/lib/ld-linux*.so.?";
+  in ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/bin
+    cd $out
+    unzip $src
+
+    if [ "${stdenv.system}" == "x86_64-linux" ]; then
+      patchelf --set-interpreter ${interpreter} ${gameDir}/openarena.x86_64
+      makeWrapper "${gameDir}/openarena.x86_64" "$out/bin/openarena" \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${SDL}/lib:${libogg}/lib:${libvorbis}/lib"
+    else
+      patchelf --set-interpreter ${interpreter} ${gameDir}/openarena.i386
+      makeWrapper "${gameDir}/openarena.i386" "$out/bin/openarena" \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${SDL}/lib:${libogg}/lib:${libvorbis}/lib"
+    fi
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Crossplatform openarena client";
+    homepage = http://openarena.ws/;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.wyvie ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 34bbb409f3b..5c74603cb36 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1977,6 +1977,8 @@ let
     inherit (pythonPackages) sqlite3;
   };
 
+  openarena = callPackage ../games/openarena { };
+
   opencryptoki = callPackage ../tools/security/opencryptoki { };
 
   onscripter-en = callPackage ../games/onscripter-en { };