diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abcdc5d330c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cmus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, pkgconfig, alsaLib, flac, libmad, ffmpeg, libvorbis, mpc, mp4v2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cmus-2.3.3";
+
+  configurePhase = "./configure prefix=$out";
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig alsaLib flac libmad ffmpeg libvorbis mpc mp4v2 ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/cmus/cmus-v2.3.3.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "220e875e4210a6b54882114ef7094a79";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD";
+    homepage = http://cmus.sourceforge.net;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 28aab68f418..d014f1c7f16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5248,6 +5248,8 @@ let
 
   amarok = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/audio/amarok { };
 
+  cmus = callPackage ../applications/audio/cmus { };
+
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn {
     libstdcpp = gcc33.gcc;
   };