diff --git a/pkgs/games/sdlmame/default.nix b/pkgs/games/sdlmame/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd6e9011178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/sdlmame/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, qt48, SDL, fontconfig, freetype, SDL_ttf, xlibs }:
+
+assert stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" || stdenv.system == "1686-linux";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.150.u0-1";
+  name    = "sdlmame-${version}";
+
+  src = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux"
+    then fetchurl {
+      url    = "ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64/${name}-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "0393xnzrzq53szmicn96lvapm66wmlykdxaa1n7smx8a0mcz0kah";
+    }
+    else fetchurl {
+      url    = "ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686/${name}-i686.pkg.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "0js67w2szd0qs7ycgxb3bbmcdziv1fywyd9ihra2f6bq5rhcs2jp";
+    };
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    sed -i "s|/usr|$out|" bin/sdlmame
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    patchelf \
+      --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
+      --set-rpath "${alsaLib}/lib:${qt48}/lib:${SDL}/lib:${fontconfig}/lib:${freetype}/lib:${SDL_ttf}/lib:${xlibs.libX11}/lib:${xlibs.libXinerama}/lib:${stdenv.gcc.gcc}/lib" \
+      share/sdlmame/sdlmame
+
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    cp -r bin/sdlmame "$out/bin"
+    cp -r share "$out"
+  '';
+
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+  dontStrip    = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage    = http://sdlmame.lngn.net;
+    description = "A port of the popular Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator using SDL with OpenGL support.";
+    license     = "MAME";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6cfc5820453..ad50f491454 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9258,6 +9258,8 @@ let
 
   scorched3d = callPackage ../games/scorched3d { };
 
+  sdlmame = callPackage ../games/sdlmame { };
+
   sgtpuzzles = builderDefsPackage (import ../games/sgt-puzzles) {
     inherit pkgconfig fetchsvn perl gtk;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;