diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f74b1d56228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+configureFlags="--without-x --with-ncurses=$ncurses"
+export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I$ncurses/include/ncurses $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4717f66192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aalib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "aalib-1.4rc4";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/aa-project/aalib-1.4rc4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "d5aa8e9eae07b7441298b5c30490f6a6";
+  };
+  inherit ncurses;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 3b8da4d2112..bd1e65ba841 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -717,6 +717,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  aalib = (import ../development/libraries/aalib) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   libsigsegv = (import ../development/libraries/libsigsegv) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };