diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c933460af43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl,
+slang, ncurses
+}:
+
+let version = "1.0.1"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "slrn-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.jedsoft.org/slrn/download/slrn-1.0.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rmaprfwvshzkv0c5vi43839cz3laqjpl306b9z0ghwyjdha1d06";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e "s|-ltermcap|-lncurses|" configure
+    sed -i autoconf/Makefile.in src/Makefile.in \
+      -e "s|/bin/cp|cp|"  \
+      -e "s|/bin/rm|rm|"
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-slang=${slang}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ slang ncurses ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The slrn (S-Lang read news) newsreader";
+    homepage = http://slrn.sourceforge.net/index.html;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fb5dd9b490e..10df9bbd986 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8905,6 +8905,8 @@ let
 
   skype_call_recorder = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/skype-call-recorder { };
 
+  slrn = callPackage ../applications/networking/newsreaders/slrn { };
+
   ssvnc = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/ssvnc { };
 
   st = callPackage ../applications/misc/st {