diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccc088816c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/irrlicht/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ fetchsvn, stdenv, mesa, unzip, libXrandr, libX11, libXxf86vm }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  # Version 3843 is required for supertuxkart
+  name = "irrlicht-1.8-svn-3843";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = https://irrlicht.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/irrlicht/trunk;
+    rev = 3843;
+    sha256 = "0v31l3k0fzy7isdsx2sh0baaixzlml1m7vgz6cd0015d9f5n99vl";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd source/Irrlicht
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make sharedlib NDEBUG=1
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    sed -i s,/usr/local/lib,$out/lib, Makefile
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s libIrrlicht.so.1.8.0-SVN $out/lib/libIrrlicht.so.1.8
+    ln -s libIrrlicht.so.1.8.0-SVN $out/lib/libIrrlicht.so
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip mesa libXrandr libX11 libXxf86vm ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "zlib";
+    description = "Open source high performance realtime 3D engine written in C++";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/super-tux-kart/default.nix b/pkgs/games/super-tux-kart/default.nix
index 72244112153..0c92ffbcdbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/super-tux-kart/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/super-tux-kart/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, plib, SDL, openal, freealut, mesa
-, libvorbis, libogg, gettext }:
+, libvorbis, libogg, gettext, irrlicht3843, libXxf86vm, curl, pkgconfig
+, fribidi }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "supertuxkart-0.6.2a";
+  name = "supertuxkart-0.7.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/supertuxkart/${name}-src.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0bdn12kg85bgcgj9shfc40k56228hysiixfaxkycgb688nhldngr";
+    sha256 = "0njrs2qyhbiqdbsqk9jx0sl8nhdwmipf1i91k23rv1biwrim9yq7";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    plib SDL openal freealut mesa libvorbis libogg gettext
+    plib SDL openal freealut mesa libvorbis libogg gettext irrlicht3843
+    libXxf86vm curl pkgconfig fribidi
   ];
 
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-irrlicht=${irrlicht3843}" ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/games $out/bin
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0830758837f..078f62707b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3824,6 +3824,8 @@ let
 
   intltool = gnome.intltool;
 
+  irrlicht3843 = callPackage ../development/libraries/irrlicht { };
+
   isocodes = callPackage ../development/libraries/iso-codes { };
 
   itk = callPackage ../development/libraries/itk { };