diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vkeybd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vkeybd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b751e4da33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vkeybd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, libX11, makeWrapper, tcl, tk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "vkeybd-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.18d";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/vkeybd/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0107b5j1gf7dwp7qb4w2snj4bqiyps53d66qzl2rwj4jfpakws5a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib libX11 makeWrapper tcl tk ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    sed -e "s@/usr/local@$out@" -i Makefile
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "TKLIB=-ltk8.5" "TCLLIB=-ltcl8.5" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/vkeybd --set TK_LIBRARY "${tk}/lib/${tk.libPrefix}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Virtual MIDI keyboard";
+    homepage = http://www.alsa-project.org/~tiwai/alsa.html;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d3db4ea036..a492cdf2646 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6917,6 +6917,10 @@ let
 
   virtualgl = callPackage ../tools/X11/virtualgl { };
 
+  vkeybd = callPackage ../applications/audio/vkeybd {
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11;
+  };
+
   vlc = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc {
     dbus = dbus.libs;
     alsa = alsaLib;