diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xterm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c14ceb84e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xterm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libXaw, xproto, libXt, libX11, libSM, libICE, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "xterm-208";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "a062d0b398918015d07c31ecdcc5111a";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [libXaw xproto libXt libX11 libSM libICE ncurses];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 0c9ee2eb839..7c957ed69fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1973,6 +1973,11 @@ rec {
     motif = lesstif;
   };
 
+  xterm = (import ../applications/misc/xterm) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXaw xproto libXt libX11 libSM libICE;
+  };
+
   acroread = (import ../applications/misc/acrobat-reader) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
     inherit (xlibs) libXt libXp libXext libX11 libXinerama;