diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b51c97a6d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/distrho/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, alsaLib, fftwSinglePrec, freetype, jackaudio
+, libxslt, lv2, pkgconfig, premake, xlibs }:
+
+let
+  rev = "7815b3545978e";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "distrho-${rev}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://distrho.git.sf.net/gitroot/distrho/distrho";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "2e260f16ee67b1166c39e2d55c8dd5593902c8b3d8d86485545ef83139e1e844";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -e "s#xsltproc#${libxslt}/bin/xsltproc#" -i Makefile
+    sed -e "s#PREFIX = /usr/local#PREFIX = $out#" -i Makefile
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsaLib fftwSinglePrec freetype jackaudio pkgconfig premake
+    xlibs.libX11 xlibs.libXcomposite xlibs.libXcursor xlibs.libXext
+    xlibs.libXinerama xlibs.libXrender
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    sh ./scripts/premake-update.sh linux
+    make standalone
+    make lv2
+
+    # generate lv2 ttl
+    sh scripts/generate-ttl.sh
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp bin/standalone/* $out/bin/
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/lv2
+    cp -a bin/lv2/* $out/lib/lv2/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://distrho.sourceforge.net;
+    description = "A collection of cross-platform audio effects and plugins";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Includes:
+      3BandEQ bitmangler drowaudio-distortion drowaudio-flanger
+      drowaudio-tremolo eqinox HybridReverb2 juce_pitcher sDelay
+      TAL-Filter TAL-NoiseMaker TAL-Reverb-2 TAL-Vocoder-2 ThePilgrim
+      Wolpertinger argotlunar capsaicin drowaudio-distortionshaper
+      drowaudio-reverb drumsynth highlife JuceDemoPlugin PingPongPan
+      TAL-Dub-3 TAL-Filter-2 TAL-Reverb TAL-Reverb-3 TheFunction vex
+    '';
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 396f9fd9633..57078ac3750 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6678,6 +6678,8 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) libart_lgpl libgnomeui;
   };
 
+  distrho = callPackage ../applications/audio/distrho {};
+
   djvulibre = callPackage ../applications/misc/djvulibre { };
 
   djview = callPackage ../applications/graphics/djview { };