diff --git a/pkgs/games/chessdb/default.nix b/pkgs/games/chessdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..381e35632a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/chessdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, tcl, tk, libX11, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "chessdb-3.6.19-beta-1";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/chessdb/ChessDB-3.6.19-beta-1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0brc3wln3bxp979iqj2w1zxpfd0pch8zzazhdmwf7acww4hrsz62";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ tcl tk libX11 makeWrapper ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=$(out)/bin"
+    "SHAREDIR=$(out)/share/chessdb"
+    "SOUNDSDIR=$(out)/share/chessdb/sounds"
+    "TBDIR=$(out)/share/chessdb/tablebases"
+    "MANDIR=$(out)/man"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/chessdb --set TK_LIBRARY "${tk}/lib/${tk.libPrefix}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "ChessDB is a free chess database";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d1c66f42a87..f138d8c88a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9876,6 +9876,8 @@ let
 
   castle_combat = callPackage ../games/castle-combat { };
 
+  chessdb = callPackage ../games/chessdb { };
+
   construoBase = lowPrio (callPackage ../games/construo {
     mesa = null;
     freeglut = null;