diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f27ddc30281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/luit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "luit-20060820";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0cxf4agl7ky3ip01qi1vzmis8y1ddngbi2fi0q6bzv1jw458rlpi";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [libXt zlib pkgconfig libXfont libX11 libfontenc];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-locale-alias=${libX11}/share/X11/locale/locale.alias";
+  meta = {
+    description = "Luit is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary
+      application and a UTF-8 terminal emulator.";
+    homepage = http://invisible-island.net/luit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9bcb581aede..d00ae4542eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4291,6 +4291,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  luit = import ../applications/misc/luit {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib pkgconfig;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXt libX11 libXfont libfontenc;
+  };
+
   lynx = import ../applications/networking/browsers/lynx {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses openssl;
   };