diff --git a/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix b/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..feb4c313945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pygtk, vte, gettext, intltool, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnome-terminator-0.96";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/terminator/trunk/0.96/+download/terminator_0.96.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "d708c783c36233fcafbd0139a91462478ae40f5cf696ef4acfcaf5891a843201";
+  };
+  
+  buildInputs =
+    [ python pygtk vte gettext intltool makeWrapper
+    ];
+
+  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    python setup.py --without-icon-cache install --prefix=$out
+    for i in $(cd $out/bin && ls); do
+        wrapProgram $out/bin/$i \
+            --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$(toPythonPath $out):$PYTHONPATH"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Gnome terminal emulator with support for tiling and tabs."
+    homepage = http://www.tenshu.net/p/terminator.html;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e206d7165c6..cdfad9837fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6819,6 +6819,10 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) GConf;
   };
 
+  gnome_terminator = callPackage ../applications/misc/gnome_terminator {
+    vte = gnome.vte.override { pythonSupport = true; };
+  };
+
   googleearth = callPackage_i686 ../applications/misc/googleearth { };
 
   google_talk_plugin = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/mozilla-plugins/google-talk-plugin { };