diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/gtk.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/gtk.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3bf714b941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/gtk.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchsvn, recordmydesktop, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, glib
+, pythonPackages, jack2, xwininfo }:
+
+let
+  binPath = lib.makeBinPath [ recordmydesktop jack2 xwininfo ];
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gtk-recordmydesktop-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.8-svn${recordmydesktop.rev}";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = https://recordmydesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/recordmydesktop/trunk/gtk-recordmydesktop;
+    inherit (recordmydesktop) rev;
+    sha256 = "010aykgjfxhyiixq9a9fg3p1a1ixz59m1vkn16hpy0lybgf4dsby";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+    python pygtk wrapPython
+  ];
+
+  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ pygtk ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs="--prefix PATH : ${binPath}"
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GTK frontend for recordmydesktop";
+    homepage = http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.DamienCassou ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d63b8caa42a..c38f9bdf629 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3234,6 +3234,10 @@ in
 
   recordmydesktop = callPackage ../applications/video/recordmydesktop { };
 
+  gtk-recordmydesktop = callPackage ../applications/video/recordmydesktop/gtk.nix {
+    jack2 = jack2Full;
+  };
+
   recutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/recutils { };
 
   recoll = callPackage ../applications/search/recoll { };