diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/ratpoison/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, inputproto, libXt, libXpm, libXft, fontconfig,
+	libXtst, xextproto, readline}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "RatPoison-1.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ratpoison/ratpoison-1.4.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "fcbdcc84cfad9b18518074f676eba270";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [libX11 inputproto libXt
+	 libXpm libXft fontconfig libXtst 
+	xextproto readline];
+}