diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1b5aef333b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cava/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, alsaLib, fftw }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cava-${version}";
+  version = "27dbdf47daae44c780db9998c760007b3bf63738";
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib fftw ];
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/karlstav/cava";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1a61e2c869376276cf78e6446cd1cc7f96b3e378fa8bc0bc4c5ca81945429909";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp cava $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Console-based Audio Visualizer for Alsa";
+    homepage = https://github.com/karlstav/cava;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [offline];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c4256f98eb3..c26ec089063 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9196,6 +9196,8 @@ let
   };
   funpidgin = carrier;
 
+  cava = callPackage ../applications/audio/cava { };
+
   cc1394 = callPackage ../applications/video/cc1394 { };
 
   cddiscid = callPackage ../applications/audio/cd-discid { };