diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cmatrix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7a76ef00a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cmatrix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, ncurses }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.2a";
+in with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "cmatrix-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl{
+    url = "http://www.asty.org/cmatrix/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0k06fw2n8nzp1pcdynhajp5prba03gfgsbj91bknyjr5xb5fd9hz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ncurses ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simulates the falling characters theme from The Matrix movie";
+    longDescription = ''
+      CMatrix simulates the display from "The Matrix" and is based
+      on the screensaver from the movie's website.  
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.asty.org/cmatrix/;
+    platforms = ncurses.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dca8d2a9fea..dbda5432032 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10875,6 +10875,8 @@ let
 
   clipit = callPackage ../applications/misc/clipit { };
 
+  cmatrix = callPackage ../applications/misc/cmatrix { };
+
   bomi = callPackage ../applications/video/bomi {
     pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
   };