diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b09ef2bc711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkgconfig, gtk
+# input plugins
+, vorbisSupport ? true, libvorbis ? null
+, mp123Support ? true, libmad ? null
+, flacSupport ? true, flac ? null
+, wavSupport ? true, libsndfile ? null
+, cdaSupport ? true, libcdio ? null, libcddb ? null
+, aacSupport ? true, faad2 ? null
+, wavpackSupport ? false, wavpack ? null
+, ffmpegSupport ? false, ffmpeg ? null
+# misc plugins
+, zipSupport ? true, libzip ? null
+, artworkSupport ? true, imlib2 ? null
+, hotkeysSupport ? true, libX11 ? null
+, osdSupport ? true, dbus ? null
+# output plugins
+, alsaSupport ? true, alsaLib ? null
+, pulseSupport ? true, pulseaudio ? null
+# effect plugins
+, resamplerSupport ? true, libsamplerate ? null
+, overloadSupport ? true, zlib ? null
+# transports
+, remoteSupport ? true, curl ? null
+}:
+
+assert vorbisSupport -> libvorbis != null;
+assert mp123Support -> libmad != null;
+assert flacSupport -> flac != null;
+assert wavSupport -> libsndfile != null;
+assert cdaSupport -> (libcdio != null && libcddb != null);
+assert aacSupport -> faad2 != null;
+assert zipSupport -> libzip != null;
+assert ffmpegSupport -> ffmpeg != null;
+assert artworkSupport -> imlib2 != null;
+assert hotkeysSupport -> libX11 != null;
+assert osdSupport -> dbus != null;
+assert alsaSupport -> alsaLib != null;
+assert pulseSupport -> pulseaudio != null;
+assert resamplerSupport -> libsamplerate != null;
+assert overloadSupport -> zlib != null;
+assert wavpackSupport -> wavpack != null;
+assert remoteSupport -> curl != null;
+
+# DeaDBeeF installs working .desktop file(s) all by itself, so we don't need to
+# handle that.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "deadbeef-0.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/deadbeef/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "06jfsqyakpvq0xhah7dlyvdzh5ym3hhb4yfczczw11ijd1kbjcrl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
+    [ gtk ]
+    ++ optional vorbisSupport libvorbis
+    ++ optional mp123Support libmad
+    ++ optional flacSupport flac
+    ++ optional wavSupport libsndfile
+    ++ optionals cdaSupport [libcdio libcddb]
+    ++ optional aacSupport faad2
+    ++ optional zipSupport libzip
+    ++ optional ffmpegSupport ffmpeg
+    ++ optional artworkSupport imlib2
+    ++ optional hotkeysSupport libX11
+    ++ optional osdSupport dbus
+    ++ optional alsaSupport alsaLib
+    ++ optional pulseSupport pulseaudio
+    ++ optional resamplerSupport libsamplerate
+    ++ optional overloadSupport zlib
+    ++ optional wavpackSupport wavpack
+    ++ optional remoteSupport curl
+    ;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ intltool pkgconfig ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Ultimate Music Player for GNU/Linux";
+    homepage = http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
+    repositories.git = https://github.com/Alexey-Yakovenko/deadbeef;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 344a91abe12..ef3cd3d91f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8656,6 +8656,11 @@ let
 
   dd-agent = callPackage ../tools/networking/dd-agent { inherit (pythonPackages) tornado; };
 
+  deadbeef = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef {
+    gtk = gtk3;
+    pulseSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
+  };
+
   dia = callPackage ../applications/graphics/dia {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) libart_lgpl libgnomeui;
   };