diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 4bb12dcfcc8..a44dc3d4da0 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   ak = "Alexander Kjeldaas <ak@formalprivacy.com>";
   akaWolf = "Artjom Vejsel <akawolf0@gmail.com>";
   akc = "Anders Claesson <akc@akc.is>";
+  alexvorobiev = "Alex Vorobiev <alexander.vorobiev@gmail.com";
   algorith = "Dries Van Daele <dries_van_daele@telenet.be>";
   alibabzo = "Alistair Bill <alistair.bill@gmail.com>";
   all = "Nix Committers <nix-commits@lists.science.uu.nl>";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix b/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d49d38b415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, zlib, binutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "meritous-${version}";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "meritous";
+    repo = "meritous";
+    rev = "314af46d84d2746eec4c30a0f63cbc2e651d5303";
+    sha256 = "1hrwm65isg5nwzydyd8gvgl3p36sbj09rsn228sppr8g5p9sm10x";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "CPPFLAGS +=" "CPPFLAGS += -DSAVES_IN_HOME -DDATADIR=\\\"$out/share/meritous\\\"" \
+      --replace sld-config ${SDL.dev}/bin/sdl-config
+    substituteInPlace src/audio.c \
+      --replace "filename[64]" "filename[256]"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_mixer zlib ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -m 555 -D meritous $out/bin/meritous
+    mkdir -p $out/share/meritous
+    cp -r dat/* $out/share/meritous/
+  '';
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "stackprotector" "fortify" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Action-adventure dungeon crawl game";
+    homepage = http://www.asceai.net/meritous/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.alexvorobiev ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a0280bcdf4..170a487f768 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1141,6 +1141,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   masscan = callPackage ../tools/security/masscan { };
 
+  meritous = callPackage ../games/meritous { };
+
   meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
 
   mp3fs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mp3fs { };