diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualizer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualizer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c06c73d8a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-visualizer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# TODO add plugins having various licenses, see http://www.vamp-plugins.org/download.html
+
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+#TODO add plugins!
+
+  name = "sonic-visualizer";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sv1/sonic-visualiser-1.6.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1dbqqa7anii2jnjpfwm4sr83nn4bwmz68xw4n6clycsz5iqk52f5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [libsndfile qt fftw /* should be fftw3f ??*/ bzip2 librdf rubberband
+    libsamplerate vampSDK alsaLib librdf_raptor librdf_rasqal redland
+    # optional
+    jackaudio
+    # portaudio
+    pulseaudio
+    libmad
+
+    libogg # ?
+    # fishsound
+    liblo
+    ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    qmake -makefile PREFIX=$out && make
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/{bin,share/sv}
+    cp sv/sonic-visualiser $out/bin
+    cp -r sv/samples $out/share/sv/samples
+  '';
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "view and analyse contents of music audio files";
+    homepage = http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [args.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = args.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33c87c4099c..e5f0e22d555 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7349,6 +7349,14 @@ let
     inherit guile mesa libtool jackaudio alsaLib;
   };
 
+  sonicVisualizer = import ../applications/audio/sonic-visualizer {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv lib libsndfile libsamplerate bzip2 librdf
+      rubberband jackaudio pulseaudio libmad 
+      libogg liblo alsaLib librdf_raptor librdf_rasqal redland fftw;
+    inherit (vamp) vampSDK;
+    qt = qt4;
+  };
+
   sox = import ../applications/misc/audio/sox {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv lib composableDerivation;
     # optional features