diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/evilvte/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/evilvte/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5921cc308b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/evilvte/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, makeWrapper, pkgconfig,
+  gnome, glib, pango, cairo, gdk_pixbuf, atk, freetype, xlibs,
+  configH
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "evilvte-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.2-20140827";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/caleb-/evilvte.git;
+    rev = "8dfa41e26bc640dd8d8c7317ff7d04e3c01ded8a";
+    sha256 = "70f1d4234d077121e2223a735d749d1b53f0b84393507b635b8a37c3716e94d3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gnome.vte glib pango gnome.gtk cairo gdk_pixbuf atk freetype xlibs.libX11
+    xlibs.xproto xlibs.kbproto xlibs.libXext xlibs.xextproto makeWrapper pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cat >src/config.h <<EOF
+    ${configH}
+    EOF
+    make
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator";
+    homepage = http://www.calno.com/evilvte;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bodil ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a97c43463d..36910fafadc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8661,6 +8661,10 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) gnomedocutils libgnome libglade libgnomeui scrollkeeper;
   };
 
+  evilvte = callPackage ../applications/misc/evilvte {
+    configH = config.evilvte.config or "";
+  };
+
   evopedia = callPackage ../applications/misc/evopedia { };
 
   keepassx = callPackage ../applications/misc/keepassx { };