diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6f2d7899ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+preBuild() {
+  cd src
+}
+
+preBuild=preBuild
+
+preInstall() {
+  ensureDir $out/bin
+}
+
+preInstall=preInstall
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5907f1a1ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, libX11, libpng}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ploticus-2.33";
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ploticus/pl233src.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "1e242200e7e52f7a24041c95f58f2fc1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [zlib libX11 libpng];
+
+  patches = [./ploticus-install.patch];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/ploticus-install.patch b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/ploticus-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bf32bcf76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/ploticus-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ruN pl233src/src/Makefile pl233src.new/src/Makefile
+--- pl233src/src/Makefile	2006-06-02 17:31:46.000000000 +0200
++++ pl233src.new/src/Makefile	2006-08-23 18:05:50.000000000 +0200
+@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #### If you plan to do a "make install", where do you want the executable(s) to be moved to?
+-BIN = /usr/local/bin
++#BIN = /usr/local/bin
++BIN = $(out)/bin
+ 
+ 
+ #### To set a hard-coded directory for prefabs files, uncomment & edit the following..