diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/nifskope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/nifskope/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32410caeeff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/nifskope/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nifskope-1.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/niftools/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0fcvrcjyvivww10sjhxamcip797b9ykbf5p3rm2k24xhkwdaqp72";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 ];
+
+  configurePhase =
+    ''
+      for i in *.cpp gl/*.cpp widgets/*.cpp; do
+        substituteInPlace $i --replace /usr/share/nifskope $out/share/nifskope
+      done
+
+      qmake -after TARGET=nifskope
+    ''; # */
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # Inspired by linux-install/nifskope.spec.in.
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      d=$out/share/nifskope
+      mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/applications $out/share/pixmaps $d/{shaders,doc,lang}
+      cp release/nifskope $out/bin/
+      cp nifskope.png $out/share/pixmaps/
+      cp nif.xml kfm.xml style.qss $d/
+      cp shaders/*.frag shaders/*.prog shaders/*.vert $d/shaders/
+      cp doc/*.html doc/docsys.css doc/favicon.ico $d/doc/
+      cp lang/*.ts lang/*.tm $d/lang/
+
+      substituteInPlace nifskope.desktop \
+        --replace 'Exec=nifskope' "Exec=$out/bin/nifskope" \
+        --replace 'Icon=nifskope' "Icon=$out/share/pixmaps/nifskope.png"
+      cp nifskope.desktop $out/share/applications/
+
+      find $out/share -type f -exec chmod -x {} \;
+    ''; # */
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://niftools.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "A tool for analyzing and editing NetImmerse/Gamebryo '*.nif' files";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    licence = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fc38595d390..6ddb01d547e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ let
 
   pa_applet = callPackage ../tools/audio/pa-applet { };
 
+  nifskope = callPackage ../tools/graphics/nifskope { };
+
   nilfs_utils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils {};
 
   nlopt = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlopt {};