diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c6dc8f63c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wcalc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, mpfr, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wcalc-${version}";
+  version = "2.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/w-calc/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1vi8dl6rccqiq1apmpwawyg2ywx6a1ic1d3cvkf2hlwk1z11fb0f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ mpfr readline ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A command line calculator";
+    homepage = http://w-calc.sourceforge.net;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c79a810d515..dc4f3726505 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15045,6 +15045,8 @@ let
 
   wavegain = callPackage ../applications/audio/wavegain { };
 
+  wcalc = callPackage ../applications/misc/wcalc { };
+
   wine = callPackage ../misc/emulators/wine {
     wineRelease = config.wine.release or "stable";
     wineBuild = config.wine.build or "wine32";