diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3e365cae8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/vimpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, mpd_clientlib, ncurses, pcre, pkgconfig, taglib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.09.0";
+  name = "vimpc-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13eb229a5e9eee491765ee89f7fe6a38140a41a01434b117da3869d725c15706";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf
+                  automake
+                  mpd_clientlib
+                  ncurses
+                  pcre
+                  pkgconfig
+                  taglib
+                ];
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc
+    cp doc/vimpcrc.example $out/etc
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd).";
+    homepage = https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc;
+    license = "GPL3";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2d321fd2d80..9159f49c1da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9810,6 +9810,8 @@ let
     flags = [ "python" "X11" ]; # only flag "X11" by now
   });
 
+  vimpc = callPackage ../applications/audio/vimpc { };
+
   virtviewer = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virt-viewer {
     gtkvnc = gtkvnc.override { enableGTK3 = true; };
     spice_gtk = spice_gtk.override { enableGTK3 = true; };