diff --git a/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix b/pkgs/games/sgt-puzzles/default.nix
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+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.getAttr ["version"] "r8373" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    gtk glib pkgconfig libX11 
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/puzzles-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1mkf36rah61x0pxpmjbpgy8ccv8m38hf088mf2i5cx9paya830dc";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+  makeFlags = ["prefix=$out" "gamesdir=$out/bin"];
+
+  neededDirs = ["$out/bin" "$out/share" ""];
+  extraDoc = ["puzzles.txt"];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["addInputs" "doExport" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  doExport = a.noDepEntry ''
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -L${a.libX11}/lib -lX11"
+  '';
+
+  name = "sgt-puzzles-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simon Tatham's portable puzzle collection";
+  };
+}