diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..142baf9dba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/snd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+args : with args;
+	with builderDefs {
+		src = 
+	fetchurl {
+		url = ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/snd-9.4.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0zqgfnkvkqxby1k74mwba1r4pb520glcsz5jjmpzm9m41nqnghmm";
+	};
+
+		buildInputs = [gtk glib pkgconfig libXpm gmp gettext]
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby) args.ruby)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa) args.mesa)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? guile) args.guile)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? libtool) args.libtool)
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) args.sndlib)
+			;
+		configureFlags = ["--with-gtk" "--with-xpm"]
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? ruby)   "--with-ruby" )
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? mesa)   "--with-gl"   )
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? guile)  "--with-guile")
+			++ (lib.optional (args ? sndlib) "--with-midi" )
+			;
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	with stringsWithDeps;
+	let preBuild = FullDepEntry ("
+		cp config.log /tmp/snd-config.log
+	") [minInit doUnpack];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "Snd-9.4";
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure [doConfigure preBuild doMakeInstall doForceShare]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		Snd sound editor.
+";
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f9c2ae3b667..2043ffc4383 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3829,6 +3829,17 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXmu;
   };
 
+  sndFun = lib.sumArgs (import ../applications/audio/snd) {
+  	inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs stringsWithDeps lib;
+	inherit pkgconfig gmp gettext;
+	inherit (xlibs) libXpm;
+	inherit (gtkLibs) gtk glib;
+  };
+
+  snd = sndFun {
+  	inherit guile mesa libtool;
+  } null;
+
   # commented out because it's using the new configuration style proposal which is unstable
   /*
   sox = import ../applications/misc/audio/sox {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/template-composing-builder.nix b/pkgs/top-level/template-composing-builder.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a652da02445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/template-composing-builder.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+args : with args;
+	with builderDefs {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+
+		buildInputs = [];
+		configureFlags = [];
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	with stringsWithDeps;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "${abort "Specify name"}";
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure [(abort "Specify phases - defined here or in builderDefs")]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		${abort "Write a description"}
+";
+	};
+}