diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/pnmixer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/pnmixer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e12a0dfc891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/pnmixer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, alsaLib, pkgconfig, gtk3, glibc, autoconf, automake, libnotify, libX11, gettext }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pa-applet";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer.git";
+    rev = "1e09a075c0c63d8b161b13ea92528a798bdb464a";
+    sha256 = "15k689xycpc6pvq9vgg9ak92b9sg09dh4yrh83kjcaws63alrzl5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsaLib pkgconfig gtk3 glibc autoconf automake libnotify libX11 gettext
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  # work around a problem related to gtk3 updates
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iElectric ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 668bd590c27..a66d8a4618a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1643,6 +1643,8 @@ let
 
   pa_applet = callPackage ../tools/audio/pa-applet { };
 
+  pnmixer = callPackage ../tools/audio/pnmixer { };
+
   nifskope = callPackage ../tools/graphics/nifskope { };
 
   nilfs_utils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils {};