diff --git a/pkgs/misc/solfege/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/solfege/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0449f72c997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/solfege/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, python, pygtk, gettext, texinfo
+, ghostscript, pysqlite, librsvg, gdk_pixbuf, txt2man, timidity, mpg123
+, alsaUtils, vorbisTools, csound, lilypond
+, makeWrapper
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "solfege-3.22.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/solfege/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "10klrhdb1n67xd4bndk6z6idyf0pvwz7hcdg9ibalms7ywl3b23x";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig python pygtk gettext texinfo
+    ghostscript pysqlite librsvg gdk_pixbuf txt2man makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|wav_player=.*|wav_player=${alsaUtils}/bin/aplay|' \
+           -e 's|midi_player=.*|midi_player=${timidity}/bin/timidity|' \
+           -e 's|mp3_player=.*|mp3_player=${mpg123}/bin/mpg123|' \
+           -e 's|ogg_player=.*|ogg_player=${vorbisTools}/bin/ogg123|' \
+           -e 's|csound=.*|csound=${csound}/bin/csound|' \
+           -e 's|lilypond-book=.*|lilypond-book=${lilypond}/bin/lilypond-book|' \
+           default.config
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+      set -x
+      find "${librsvg}" "${gdk_pixbuf}" -name loaders.cache -print0 | xargs -0 cat > "$out/gdk-pixbuf.loaders"
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/solfege" \
+          --prefix PYTHONPATH ':' "$PYTHONPATH" \
+          --set GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE "$out/gdk-pixbuf.loaders"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ear training program";
+    homepage = http://www.solfege.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b7730347ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/txt2man/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "txt2man-1.5.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mvertes.free.fr/download/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0ammlb4pwc4ya1kc9791vjl830074zrpfcmzc18lkcqczp2jaj4q";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    makeFlags=prefix="$out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "Convert flat ASCII text to man page format";
+    homepage = http://mvertes.free.fr/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b3fa1d1e09..94782c1a2a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1739,6 +1739,8 @@ let
 
   ttf2pt1 = callPackage ../tools/misc/ttf2pt1 { };
 
+  txt2man = callPackage ../tools/misc/txt2man { };
+
   ucl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ucl { };
 
   udftools = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/udftools {};
@@ -9218,6 +9220,10 @@ let
 
   nut = callPackage ../applications/misc/nut { };
 
+  solfege = callPackage ../misc/solfege {
+      pysqlite = pkgs.pythonPackages.sqlite3;
+  };
+
   disnix = callPackage ../tools/package-management/disnix { };
 
   disnix_activation_scripts = callPackage ../tools/package-management/disnix/activation-scripts {