diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0de8c9f9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/foo-yc20/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub,  jack2, gtk2, lv2, faust, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "git-2015-05-21";
+  name = "foo-yc20-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sampov2";
+    repo = "foo-yc20";
+    rev = "edd9d14c91229429b14270a181743e1046160ca8";
+    sha256 = "0i8261n95n4xic766h70xkrpbvw3sag96n1883ahmg6h7yb94avq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ jack2 gtk2 lv2 faust pkgconfig ];
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+
+  # remove lv2 until https://github.com/sampov2/foo-yc20/issues/6 is resolved
+  postInstallFixup = "rm -rf $out/lib/lv2";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Faust implementation of a 1969 designed Yamaha combo organ, the YC-20";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sampov2/foo-yc20;
+    license     = "BSD";
+    maintainers = stdenv.lib.maintainers.magnetophon;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c17d9e8228a..e7c333f6dfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10935,6 +10935,8 @@ let
 
   focuswriter = callPackage ../applications/editors/focuswriter { };
 
+  foo-yc20 = callPackage ../applications/audio/foo-yc20 { };
+
   fossil = callPackage ../applications/version-management/fossil { };
 
   freewheeling = callPackage ../applications/audio/freewheeling { };