diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index a8b74959d90..db412eb883d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ let
         --add-flags "-L $COREDIR/${d2u core}_libretro.so $@"
     '';
 
-    passthru.libretroCore = "/lib/retroarch/cores";
+    passthru = {
+      core = core;
+      libretroCore = "/lib/retroarch/cores";
+    };
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       inherit description;
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec539cb43f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, pkgs, cores }:
+
+assert cores != [];
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  script = exec: ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    nohup sh -c "sleep 1 && pkill -SIGSTOP xbmc" &
+    nohup sh -c "${exec} '$@' -f;pkill -SIGCONT xbmc"
+  '';
+  scriptSh = exec: pkgs.writeScript ("xbmc-"+exec.name) (script exec.path);
+  execs = map (core: rec { name = core.core; path = core+"/bin/retroarch-"+name;}) cores;
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xbmc-retroarch-advanced-launchers-${version}";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ${stdenv.lib.concatMapStrings (exec: "ln -s ${scriptSh exec} $out/bin/xbmc-${exec.name};") execs}
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "XBMC retroarch advanced launchers";
+    longDescription = ''
+      These retroarch launchers are intended to be used with
+      anglescry advanced launcher for XBMC since device input is
+      caught by both XBMC and the retroarch process.
+    '';
+    license = "GPL-3";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4777a974d76..e066726355e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10519,13 +10519,11 @@ let
       gtk_modules = [ libcanberra ];
     };
 
-  wrapRetroArch = { retroarch }:
+  retroArchCores =
   let
     cfg = stdenv.lib.attrByPath [ "retroarch" ] {} config;
   in
-    import ../misc/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix {
-      inherit stdenv lib makeWrapper retroarch;
-      cores = with libretro;
+    with libretro;
       ([ ]
       ++ lib.optional (cfg.enable4do or false) _4do
       ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableBsnesMercury or false) bsnes-mercury
@@ -10543,6 +10541,14 @@ let
       ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableStella or false) stella
       ++ lib.optional (cfg.enableVbaNext or false) vba-next
       );
+
+  wrapRetroArch = { retroarch }:
+  let
+    cfg = stdenv.lib.attrByPath [ "retroarch" ] {} config;
+  in
+    import ../misc/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix {
+      inherit stdenv lib makeWrapper retroarch;
+      cores = retroArchCores;
   };
 
   wxhexeditor = callPackage ../applications/editors/wxhexeditor { };
@@ -10574,6 +10580,11 @@ let
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_1;
   };
 
+  xbmc-retroarch-advanced-launchers =
+    callPackage ../misc/emulators/retroarch/xbmc-advanced-launchers.nix {
+      cores = retroArchCores;
+    };
+
   xca = callPackage ../applications/misc/xca { };
 
   xcalib = callPackage ../tools/X11/xcalib { };