diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a0453797cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/get_iplayer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, flvstreamer, ffmpeg, makeWrapper, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "get_iplayer-2.80";
+
+  buildInputs = [makeWrapper perl];
+
+  installPhase = '' 
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    cp get_iplayer $out/bin
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/get_iplayer --suffix PATH ${ffmpeg}/bin:${flvstreamer}/bin
+  '';  
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/get_iplayer/get_iplayer-2.80.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1hnadryyzca3bv1hfk2q3np9ihwvyxa3prwcrply6ywy4vnayjf8";
+  };
+  
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7db30ca64f1..261cefdc64d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6529,6 +6529,8 @@ let
     gtksharp = gtksharp1;
   };
 
+  get_iplayer = callPackage ../applications/misc/get_iplayer {};
+
   gimp = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gimp {
     inherit (gnome) gtk libart_lgpl;
   };