diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/ardour3.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/ardour3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97fe03dc9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/ardour3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, alsaLib, aubio, boost, cairomm, curl, fftw,
+fftwSinglePrec, flac, glib, glibmm, gtk, gtkmm, jackaudio,
+libgnomecanvas, libgnomecanvasmm, liblo, libmad, libogg, librdf,
+librdf_raptor, librdf_rasqal, libsamplerate, libsigcxx, libsndfile,
+libusb, libuuid, libxml2, libxslt, pango, perl, pkgconfig, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ardour-3.0-alpha2";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = http://subversion.ardour.org/svn/ardour2/tags/3.0-alpha2;
+    rev = 9198;
+    sha256 = "1ghz1fd07bpp2696z0yx3ci787c7wh0bwnbrpjhx2hx0zl3brc1h";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib aubio boost cairomm curl fftw fftwSinglePrec
+    flac glib glibmm gtk gtkmm jackaudio libgnomecanvas
+    libgnomecanvasmm liblo libmad libogg librdf librdf_raptor
+    librdf_rasqal libsamplerate libsigcxx libsndfile libusb libuuid
+    libxml2 libxslt pango perl pkgconfig python ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    printf '#include "ardour/svn_revision.h"\nnamespace ARDOUR { const char* svn_revision = \"9198\"; }\n' > libs/ardour/svn_revision.cc
+    sed -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/perl.*$|#!${perl}/bin/perl|g' -i tools/fmt-bindings
+    sed -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/env.*$|#!${perl}/bin/perl|g' -i tools/*.pl
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = "python waf configure --prefix=$out";
+
+  buildPhase = "python waf";
+
+  installPhase = "python waf install";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Multi-track hard disk recording software";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Also read "The importance of Paying Something" on their homepage, please!
+    '';
+    homepage = http://ardour.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 39e75712151..0513256e47a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5783,6 +5783,11 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;
   };
 
+  ardour3 =  lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/audio/ardour/ardour3.nix {
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango gtk glibmm gtkmm;
+    inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas libgnomecanvasmm;
+  });
+
   arora = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/arora { };
 
   audacious = callPackage ../applications/audio/audacious { };