diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/gorm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/gorm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccd038534a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/gorm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnustep_startup }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.2.18";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gorm-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/dev-apps/gorm-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1vpzvmsnynlq5dv6rw9vbk1zzsim6z7b2kprrlm8dknyq0r1sdrq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gnustep_startup ];
+  buildPhase = ''
+    . ${gnustep_startup}/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
+    make
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Gorm stands for Graphical Object Relationship Modeller and is an easy-to-use interface designer for GNUstep";
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Gorm.html;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    broken = true;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/projectcenter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/projectcenter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b403dffc70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/projectcenter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnustep_startup }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.6.2";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "projectcenter-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/dev-apps/ProjectCenter-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wwlbpqf541apw192jb633d634zkpjhcrrkd1j80y9hihphll465";
+  };
+  
+  buildInputs = [ gnustep_startup ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    . $gnustep_startup/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
+    make
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "ProjectCenter is GNUstep's integrated development environment (IDE) and allows a rapid development and easy managment of ProjectCenter running on GNUstep applications, tools and frameworks.";
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+  
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    broken = true;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6691c8709d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ buildEnv
+, cairo
+, clang
+, fetchurl
+, gnustep_base, gnustep_make, gnustep_gui
+, xlibs
+, x11
+, freetype
+, pkgconfig
+, stdenv
+}:
+let
+  version = "0.24.0";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnustep-back-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-back-0.24.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0qixbilkkrqxrhhj9hnp7ygd5gs23b3qbbgk3gaxj73d0xqfvhjz";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ cairo clang freetype gnustep_base gnustep_make gnustep_gui pkgconfig x11 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  GNUSTEP_env = buildEnv {
+    name = "gnustep-back-env";
+    paths = [ gnustep_make gnustep_base gnustep_gui ];
+    pathsToLink = [ "/bin" "/sbin" "/include" "/lib" "/share" ];
+  };
+  GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES = "${GNUSTEP_env}/share/GNUstep/Makefiles";
+  GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = "SYSTEM";
+  ADDITIONAL_CPPFLAGS = "-DGNUSTEP";
+  patches = [ ./fixup-tools.patch ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    export ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS=${GNUSTEP_env}/include
+    ./configure
+    make \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_WEB_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_TOOLS=$GNUSTEP_env/bin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_TOOLS=$GNUSTEP_env/sbin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARY=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS=$GNUSTEP_env/include \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$GNUSTEP_env/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC=$GNUSTEP_env/share/GNUstep/Documentation \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_MAN=$GNUSTEP_env/share/man \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_INFO=$GNUSTEP_env/share/info \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$GNUSTEP_env/lib \
+      messages=yes
+    make install \
+      GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_WEB_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_TOOLS=$out/bin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_TOOLS=$out/sbin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARY=$out/lib/GNUstep \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC=$out/share/GNUstep/Documentation \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_MAN=$out/share/man \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_INFO=$out/share/info \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$out/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNUstep-back is a generic backend for GNUstep.";
+    
+    homepage = http://gnustep.org/;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/fixup-tools.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/fixup-tools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edbdcaa7d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-back/fixup-tools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -c gnustep-back-0.24.0/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble gnustep-back-0.24.0.patched/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble
+--- gnustep-back-0.24.0/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble	2013-07-04 22:44:28.000000000 +0600
++++ gnustep-back-0.24.0.patched/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble	2014-12-01 16:40:37.000000000 +0600
+@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
+ # Additional libraries when linking applications
+ #ADDITIONAL_GUI_LIBS +=
+ 
++# Additional libraries when linking tools
++gpbs_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-gui -lgnustep-base $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
++
+ #
+ # Flags dealing with installing and uninstalling
+ #
+
+Diff finished.  Mon Dec  1 16:41:02 2014
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2df93e6bb8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{ aspell, audiofile
+, buildEnv
+, clang, cups
+, fetchurl
+, gmp, gnustep_make, gnutls
+, libffi
+, libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, giflib, libungif
+, libxml2, libxslt, libiconv
+, libobjc2, libgcrypt
+, icu
+, pkgconfig, portaudio
+, stdenv
+, which
+}:
+let
+  version = "1.24.7";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnustep-base-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-base-1.24.7.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0qhphw61ksyzf04a4apmvx8000alws6d92x8ila1mi5bapcpv41s";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    aspell audiofile
+    clang cups
+    gmp gnustep_make gnutls
+    libffi
+    libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib libungif
+    libxml2 libxslt libiconv
+    libobjc2 libgcrypt
+    icu
+    pkgconfig portaudio
+    which
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    aspell audiofile
+    cups
+    gmp gnutls
+    libffi
+    libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib libungif
+    libxml2 libxslt libiconv
+    libobjc2 libgcrypt
+    icu
+    portaudio
+  ];
+  GNUSTEP_env = buildEnv {
+    name = "gnustep-make-env";
+    paths = [ gnustep_make ];
+  };
+  GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES = "${GNUSTEP_env}/share/GNUstep/Makefiles";
+  GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = "SYSTEM";
+  patches = [ ./fixup-base-makefile-installdir.patch ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    ./configure --disable-importing-config-file
+    make
+    make install \
+      GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_WEB_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_TOOLS=$out/bin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_TOOLS=$out/sbin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARY=$out/lib/GNUstep \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC=$out/share/GNUstep/Documentation \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_MAN=$out/share/man \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_INFO=$out/share/info \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$out/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNUstep-base is an implementation of AppKit and Foundation libraries of OPENSTEP and Cocoa.";
+
+    homepage = http://gnustep.org/;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/fixup-base-makefile-installdir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/fixup-base-makefile-installdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..482c72a5190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-base/fixup-base-makefile-installdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- gnustep-base-1.24.7/Makefile.postamble	2011-07-15 19:53:45.000000000 +0600
++++ gnustep-base-1.24.7.patched/Makefile.postamble	2014-11-29 22:25:07.000000000 +0600
+@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
+ # Things to do after compiling
+ # after-all::
+ 
+-$(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional:
+-	$(ECHO_CREATING)$(MKDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional$(END_ECHO)
++$(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional:
++	$(ECHO_CREATING)$(MKDIRS) $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional$(END_ECHO)
+ 
+ # Things to do before installing
+-before-install:: $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
++before-install:: $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
+ 	$(ECHO_NOTHING)$(INSTALL_DATA) base.make \
+-	    $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/base.make$(END_ECHO)
++	    $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/base.make$(END_ECHO)
+ 
+ # Things to do after installing
+ # after-install::
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
+ 
+ # Things to do after uninstalling
+ after-uninstall::
+-	$(ECHO_NOTHING)rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/base.make$(END_ECHO)
++	$(ECHO_NOTHING)rm -f $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/base.make$(END_ECHO)
+ 
+ # Things to do before cleaning
+ # before-clean::
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c27ad3105d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{ buildEnv
+, clang
+, fetchurl
+, gnustep_base, gnustep_make
+#, xlibs, x11, freetype
+#, pkgconfig
+, stdenv }:
+let
+  version = "0.24.0";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnustep-gui-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-gui-0.24.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0d6jzfcyacxjzrr2p398ysvs1akv1fcmngfzxxbfxa947miydjxg";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ clang gnustep_base gnustep_make ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  GNUSTEP_env = buildEnv {
+    name = "gnustep-gui-env";
+    paths = [ gnustep_make gnustep_base ];
+    pathsToLink = [ "/bin" "/sbin" "/include" "/lib" "/share" ];
+  };
+  GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES = "${GNUSTEP_env}/share/GNUstep/Makefiles";
+  GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN = "SYSTEM";
+  ADDITIONAL_CPPFLAGS = "-DGNUSTEP";
+  patches = [ ./fixup-gui-makefile-installdir.patch ./fixup-gui-tools-preamble.patch ./fixup-gui-textconverters-preamble.patch ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    export ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS=${GNUSTEP_env}/include
+    ./configure
+    make \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_WEB_APPS=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_TOOLS=$GNUSTEP_env/bin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_TOOLS=$GNUSTEP_env/sbin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARY=$GNUSTEP_env/lib/GNUstep \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS=$GNUSTEP_env/include \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$GNUSTEP_env/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC=$GNUSTEP_env/share/GNUstep/Documentation \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_MAN=$GNUSTEP_env/share/man \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_INFO=$GNUSTEP_env/share/info \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$GNUSTEP_env/lib \
+      messages=yes
+    make install \
+      GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=SYSTEM \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/Applications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_WEB_APPS=$out/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_TOOLS=$out/bin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ADMIN_TOOLS=$out/sbin \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARY=$out/lib/GNUstep \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC=$out/share/GNUstep/Documentation \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_MAN=$out/share/man \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_DOC_INFO=$out/share/info \
+      GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=$out/lib \
+      GNUSTEP_HEADERS=$out/include \
+      DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$out/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNUstep-gui is a GUI class library of GNUstep.";
+    
+    homepage = http://gnustep.org/;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-makefile-installdir.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-makefile-installdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30c6f56c032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-makefile-installdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- gnustep-gui-0.24.0/GNUmakefile.postamble	2010-05-17 22:38:59.000000000 +0600
++++ gnustep-gui-0.24.0.patched/GNUmakefile.postamble	2014-12-01 13:44:05.000000000 +0600
+@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@
+ # The following rule is important mainly for packaging, because in that case 
+ # you install into a fake system tree, and the directory is not there.
+ #
+-$(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional:
+-	$(MKDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
++$(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional:
++	$(MKDIRS) $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
+ 
+ # Things to do before installing
+-before-install:: $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
++before-install:: $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) gui.make \
+-	   $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/gui.make
++	   $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/gui.make
+ 
+ # Things to do after installing
+ # after-install::
+ 
+ # Things to do before uninstalling
+  before-uninstall::
+-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/gui.make
++	rm -f $(DESTDIR_GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Additional/gui.make
+ 
+ # Things to do after uninstalling
+ # after-uninstall::
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-textconverters-preamble.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-textconverters-preamble.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23ec2db0fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-textconverters-preamble.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gnustep-gui-0.24.0/TextConverters/RTF/GNUmakefile.preamble	2008-06-10 10:01:49.000000000 +0600
++++ gnustep-gui-0.24.0.patched/TextConverters/RTF/GNUmakefile.preamble	2014-12-01 13:02:11.000000000 +0600
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+ ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS +=-I../../Headers/Additions -I../../Headers
+ 
+ # Additional LDFLAGS to pass to the linker
+-#ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS += 
++ADDITIONAL_LDFLAGS += -lgnustep-gui
+ 
+ # Additional library directories the linker should search
+ ADDITIONAL_LIB_DIRS += -L../../Source/$(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-tools-preamble.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-tools-preamble.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e57ddec75ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-gui/fixup-gui-tools-preamble.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- gnustep-gui-0.24.0/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble	2006-02-22 12:43:48.000000000 +0600
++++ gnustep-gui-0.24.0.patched/Tools/GNUmakefile.preamble	2014-12-01 12:52:41.000000000 +0600
+@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
+ ADDITIONAL_LIB_DIRS += -L../Source/$(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR) -L../Model/$(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR)
+ 
+ # Additional libraries when linking tools
++make_services_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-base
+ gpbs_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-gui $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
+ set_show_service_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-gui $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
+ gopen_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-gui $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
++gclose_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-base
+ gcloseall_TOOL_LIBS += -lgnustep-gui $(SYSTEM_LIBS)
+ GSspell_TOOL_LIBS += $(ADDITIONAL_DEPENDS)
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-startup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-startup/default.nix
index 77a9fa439cc..d45fa8fda9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-startup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnustep-startup/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , cups
 , audiofile, portaudio
 , clang, libobjc2
+, gmp
 , libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, giflib, libungif
 , libxml2, libxslt, libiconv
 , libffi
@@ -25,9 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ clang libobjc2 cups audiofile portaudio aspell libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib libungif libxml2 libxslt libiconv gnutls libgcrypt icu pkgconfig x11 libffi freetype which ];
-  # TODO: what's this for?
-#  nativeBuildInputs = [ ];
-# propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  # TODO: libobjc2 is a propagated (compile-time/runtime) dependency
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libobjc2 cups audiofile portaudio aspell libjpeg libtiff libpng giflib libungif libxml2 libxslt libgcrypt icu gmp libiconv gnutls icu libffi ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     ./InstallGNUstep --batch --prefix=$out
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # TODO: add:
   # . $out/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
   # to bashrc prior to building any GNUstep package
+  # TODO: need a development environment for GNUstep packages
+  # - it would set various settings appropriately
+  # - similarly to what Python is doing
+  #   ~/proj/nix/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix: wrapPython?
+  #   - buildPythonPackage: ~/proj/nix/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
+  #
   # TODO: could simply make the installPhase = "";
   installPhase = ''
     echo Do not forget to source $out/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh!
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnustep-make/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnustep-make/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a782526d509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gnustep-make/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, clang, which, libobjc2 }:
+let
+  version = "2.6.6";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnustep-make-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-make-2.6.6.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "07cqr8x17bia9w6clbmiv7ay6r9nplrjz2cyzinv4w7zfpc19vxw";
+  };
+  configureFlags = "--with-layout=fhs-system";
+  buildInputs = [ clang which libobjc2 ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNUstep-make is a build manager for GNUstep.";
+
+    homepage = http://gnustep.org/;
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45f410c770a..0e0ca28a652 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6444,6 +6444,11 @@ in
   gnumake42 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/4.2 { };
   gnumake = self.gnumake42;
 
+  gnustep_back = callPackage ../development/libraries/gnustep-back { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+  gnustep_base = callPackage ../development/libraries/gnustep-base { stdenv = clangStdenv; giflib = giflib_4_1; };
+  gnustep_make = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnustep-make { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+  gnustep_gui = callPackage ../development/libraries/gnustep-gui { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+
   gob2 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gob2 { };
 
   gocd-agent = callPackage ../development/tools/continuous-integration/gocd-agent { };
@@ -7590,6 +7595,12 @@ in
     stdenv = clangStdenv;
     giflib = giflib_4_1;
   };
+  gorm = callPackage ../applications/editors/gorm/default.nix {
+    stdenv = clangStdenv;
+  };
+  projectcenter = callPackage ../applications/editors/projectcenter/default.nix {
+    stdenv = clangStdenv;
+  };
 
   granite = callPackage ../development/libraries/granite { };