diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/msn-pecan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/msn-pecan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e5cf311712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/msn-pecan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pidgin} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pidgin-msn-pecan-0.1.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://msn-pecan.googlecode.com/files/msn-pecan-0.1.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "06cgkdlv2brv2g5hpx8g8p6j296cnvd29l8fap30i1k0mznbjxf4";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Alternative MSN protocol plug-in for Pidgin IM.";
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/msn-pecan/;
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = "PURPLE_LIBDIR=lib PURPLE_DATADIR=share/data DESTDIR=$$out";
+  preInstall = "ensureDir \$out/share";
+  postInstall = "ln -s \$out/lib/purple-2 \$out/share/pidgin-msn-pecan";
+
+  buildInputs = [pidgin];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cfe4e556722..2d1081a8a38 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5896,6 +5896,8 @@ let
       inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;
     };
 
+  pidginmsnpecan = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/msn-pecan { };
+
   pidginotr = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/otr { };
 
   pidginsipe = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/sipe { };