diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
index 6d192c967f7..404659208cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       homepage = http://xbmc.org/;
       description = "Media center";
       license = "GPLv2";
-      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux; 
+      platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
     };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d34fba9ade7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, xbmc }:
+
+let
+
+  pluginDir = "/lib/xbmc/plugin";
+
+  mkXBMCPlugin = { plugin, namespace, version, src, meta, ... }:
+  stdenv.lib.makeOverridable stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    inherit src meta;
+    name = "xbmc-plugin-${plugin}-${version}";
+    passthru = {
+      xbmcPlugin = pluginDir;
+      namespace = namespace;
+    };
+    dontStrip = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      d=$out${pluginDir}/${namespace}
+      mkdir -p $d
+      cp -R $src/* $d
+    '';
+  };
+
+in
+{
+
+  advanced-launcher = mkXBMCPlugin rec {
+
+    plugin = "advanced-launcher";
+    namespace = "plugin.program.advanced.launcher";
+    version = "2.5.7";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "Angelscry";
+      repo = namespace;
+      rev = "f6f7980dc66d041e1635bb012d79aa8b3a8790ba";
+      sha256 = "0wk41lpd6fw504q5x1h76hc99vw4jg4vq44bh7m21ism85ds0r47";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = "http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=85724";
+      description = "A program launcher for XBMC";
+      longDescription = ''
+        Advanced Launcher allows you to start any Linux, Windows and
+        OS X external applications (with command line support or not)
+        directly from the XBMC GUI. Advanced Launcher also give you
+        the possibility to edit, download (from Internet resources)
+        and manage all the meta-data (informations and images) related
+        to these applications.
+      '';
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  svtplay = mkXBMCPlugin rec {
+
+    plugin = "svtplay";
+    namespace = "plugin.video.svtplay";
+    version = "4.0.6";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "nilzen";
+      repo = "xbmc-" + plugin;
+      rev = "4f27254edbd6dc48350152832833c5b164ca58de";
+      sha256 = "11r8vljpx9fxwdx20cvkb5szlaypfrn6c235jwcg61s4hmjy4kl8";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = "http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=67110";
+      description = "Watch content from SVT Play";
+      longDescription = ''
+        With this addon you can stream content from SVT Play
+        (svtplay.se). The plugin fetches the video URL from the SVT
+        Play website and feeds it to the XBMC video player. HLS (m3u8)
+        is the preferred video format by the plugin.
+      '';
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1017c7098c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/xbmc/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, xbmc, plugins }:
+
+let
+
+  p = builtins.parseDrvName xbmc.name;
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+  name = "xbmc-" + p.version;
+  version = p.version;
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/xbmc/addons/packages
+    ${stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings
+        (plugin: "ln -s ${plugin.out
+                            + plugin.xbmcPlugin
+                            + "/" + plugin.namespace
+                          } $out/share/xbmc/addons/.;") plugins}
+    $(for plugin in ${xbmc}/share/xbmc/addons/*
+    do
+      $(ln -s $plugin/ $out/share/xbmc/addons/.)
+    done)
+    $(for share in ${xbmc}/share/xbmc/*
+    do
+      $(ln -s $share $out/share/xbmc/.)
+    done)
+    makeWrapper ${xbmc}/bin/xbmc $out/bin/xbmc \
+      --prefix XBMC_HOME : $out/share/xbmc;
+  '';
+
+  preferLocalBuilds = true;
+
+  meta = with xbmc.meta; {
+    inherit license homepage;
+    description = description
+                + " (with plugins: "
+                + lib.concatStrings (lib.intersperse ", " (map (x: ""+x.name) plugins))
+                + ")";
+
+  };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index a8b74959d90..db412eb883d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ let
         --add-flags "-L $COREDIR/${d2u core}_libretro.so $@"
     '';
 
-    passthru.libretroCore = "/lib/retroarch/cores";
+    passthru = {
+      core = core;
+      libretroCore = "/lib/retroarch/cores";
+    };
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       inherit description;
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec539cb43f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, pkgs, cores }:
+
+assert cores != [];
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  script = exec: ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    nohup sh -c "sleep 1 && pkill -SIGSTOP xbmc" &
+    nohup sh -c "${exec} '$@' -f;pkill -SIGCONT xbmc"
+  '';
+  scriptSh = exec: pkgs.writeScript ("xbmc-"+exec.name) (script exec.path);
+  execs = map (core: rec { name = core.core; path = core+"/bin/retroarch-"+name;}) cores;
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xbmc-retroarch-advanced-launchers-${version}";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ${stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings (exec: "ln -s ${scriptSh exec} $out/bin/xbmc-${exec.name};") execs}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "XBMC retroarch advanced launchers";
+    longDescription = ''
+      These retroarch launchers are intended to be used with
+      anglescry advanced launcher for XBMC since device input is
+      caught by both XBMC and the retroarch process.
+    '';
+    license = "GPL-3";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 183f11b711c..3262110cf0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10559,29 +10559,40 @@ let
       gtk_modules = [ libcanberra ];
     };
 
-  wrapRetroArch = { retroarch }:
-  let
-    cfg = stdenv.lib.attrByPath [ "retroarch" ] {} config;
-  in
-    import ../misc/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix {
-      inherit stdenv lib makeWrapper retroarch;
-      cores = with libretro;
+  retroArchCores =
+    let
+      cfg = config.retroarch or {};
+      inherit (lib) optional;
+    in with libretro;
       ([ ]
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enable4do or false) _4do
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableBsnesMercury or false) bsnes-mercury
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableDesmume or false) desmume
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableFBA or false) fba
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableFceumm or false) fceumm
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableGambatte or false) gambatte
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableGenesisPlusGX or false) genesis-plus-gx
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableMupen64Plus or false) mupen64plus
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enablePicodrive or false) picodrive
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enablePrboom or false) prboom
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enablePPSSPP or false) ppsspp
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableScummVM or false) scummvm
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableSnes9xNext or false) snes9x-next
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableStella or false) stella
-      ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableVbaNext or false) vba-next
+      ++ optional (cfg.enable4do or false) _4do
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableBsnesMercury or false) bsnes-mercury
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableDesmume or false) desmume
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableFBA or false) fba
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableFceumm or false) fceumm
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableGambatte or false) gambatte
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableGenesisPlusGX or false) genesis-plus-gx
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableMupen64Plus or false) mupen64plus
+      ++ optional (cfg.enablePicodrive or false) picodrive
+      ++ optional (cfg.enablePrboom or false) prboom
+      ++ optional (cfg.enablePPSSPP or false) ppsspp
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableScummVM or false) scummvm
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableSnes9xNext or false) snes9x-next
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableStella or false) stella
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableVbaNext or false) vba-next
+      );
+
+  wrapRetroArch = { retroarch }: import ../misc/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix {
+    inherit stdenv lib makeWrapper retroarch;
+    cores = retroArchCores;
+  };
+
+  wrapXBMC = { xbmc }: import ../applications/video/xbmc/wrapper.nix {
+    inherit stdenv lib makeWrapper xbmc;
+    plugins = let inherit (lib) optional; in with xbmcPlugins;
+      ([]
+      ++ optional (config.xbmc.enableAdvancedLauncher or false) advanced-launcher
+      ++ optional (config.xbmc.enableSVTPlay or false) svtplay
       );
   };
 
@@ -10610,10 +10621,23 @@ let
 
   xbindkeys = callPackage ../tools/X11/xbindkeys { };
 
-  xbmc = callPackage ../applications/video/xbmc {
+  xbmcPlain = callPackage ../applications/video/xbmc {
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_1;
   };
 
+  xbmcPlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/video/xbmc/plugins.nix {
+    xbmc = xbmcPlain;
+  });
+
+  xbmc = wrapXBMC {
+    xbmc = xbmcPlain;
+  };
+
+  xbmc-retroarch-advanced-launchers =
+    callPackage ../misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix {
+      cores = retroArchCores;
+    };
+
   xca = callPackage ../applications/misc/xca { };
 
   xcalib = callPackage ../tools/X11/xcalib { };