diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa361308ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/fbreader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, bzip2, curl, expat, fribidi
+, libunibreak, qt4, sqlite, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fbreader-0.99.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://fbreader.org/files/desktop/fbreader-sources-0.99.4.tgz;
+    sha256 = "1sdq3vvwkq4bkyrvh0p884d66gaddz8hlab3m798ji9ixbak2z1x";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig bzip2 curl expat fribidi libunibreak
+    qt4 sqlite zlib
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = "INSTALLDIR=$(out)";
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    # don't try to use ccache
+    substituteInPlace makefiles/arch/desktop.mk \
+      --replace "CCACHE = " "# CCACHE = "
+  
+    substituteInPlace fbreader/desktop/Makefile \
+      --replace "/usr/share" "$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An e-book reader for Linux";
+    homepage = http://www.fbreader.org/;
+    license = "GPL";
+    maintainer = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.coroa ];
+  }; 
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a97feae496e..1c6b3789c25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7636,6 +7636,8 @@ let
 
   fbpanel = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/fbpanel { };
 
+  fbreader = callPackage ../applications/misc/fbreader { };
+
   fetchmail = import ../applications/misc/fetchmail {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl openssl;
   };