diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/packages/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/packages/default.nix
index 249fa739356..8f9c1647d8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-24/packages/default.nix
@@ -382,6 +382,17 @@ rec {
     packageRequires = [ async ];
   });
 
+  hi2 = melpa.mkDerivation (self: {
+    pname   = "hi2";
+    version = "1.0";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner  = "nilcons";
+      repo   = self.pname;
+      rev    = self.version;
+      sha256 = "1s08sgbh5v59lqskd0s1dscs6dy7z5mkqqkabs3gd35agbfvbmlf";
+    };
+  });
+
   idris-mode = melpa.mkDerivation (self: {
     pname   = "idris-mode";
     version = "0.9.15";