diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/dvtm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/dvtm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cefa11ce69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/dvtm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dvtm-0.10";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Dynamic virtual terminal manager";
+    homepage = "http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platfroms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0lb6p06jfaz1z07k0v2gipzx67swf7rijz17g5ndhng2g0jqfl3p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace /usr/share/terminfo $out/share/terminfo
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make PREFIX=$out install
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6de58e64710..f0503e2c668 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ let
 
   dvgrab = callPackage ../tools/video/dvgrab { };
 
+  dvtm = callPackage ../tools/misc/dvtm { };
+
   e2fsprogs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs { };
 
   easyrsa = callPackage ../tools/networking/easyrsa { };