diff --git a/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh b/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..273fc55c755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix b/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8acb4de62b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "typespeed-0.6.5";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  configureFlags = "--with-highscoredir=/tmp";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://typespeed.sourceforge.net/typespeed-0.6.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "5c860385ceed8a60f13217cc0192c4c2b4705c3e80f9866f7d72ff306eb72961";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9e6587179a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/nitrogen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nitrogen-1.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/files/nitrogen-1.5.2.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "60a2437ce6a6c0ba44505fc8066c1973140d4bb48e1e5649f525c7b0b8bf9fd2";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A background browser and setter for X windows";
+    homepage = http://projects.l3ib.org/nitrogen/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}