diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d9072e48b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/surf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gtk, webkit, pkgconfig, glib, libsoup, patches ? null}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "surf-${version}";
+  version="0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://dl.suckless.org/surf/surf-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0im5psjw0r8av3zjyy2wqcl6y5ylwnrab5kfcwc23bsbx2irnw4k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk webkit pkgconfig glib libsoup ];
+
+  # Allow users set their own list of patches
+  inherit patches;
+
+  buildPhase = " make ";
+
+# `-lX11' to make sure libX11's store path is in the RPATH
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
+  preConfigure = [ ''sed -i "s@PREFIX = /usr/local@PREFIX = $out@g" config.mk'' ];
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit/GTK+. It is able to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.";
+      homepage = http://surf.suckless.org;
+      license = "MIT";
+      platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ceb9228999..2feae2eba83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7176,12 +7176,19 @@ let
     httpd = apacheHttpd;
   };
 
+
   subversionClient = lowPrio (appendToName "client" (subversion.override {
     bdbSupport = false;
     perlBindings = true;
     pythonBindings = true;
   }));
 
+
+  surf = callPackage ../applications/misc/surf {
+    inherit (gtkLibs) gtk glib;
+    libsoup = gnome28.libsoup;
+  };
+
   svk = perlPackages.SVK;
 
   sylpheed = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/sylpheed {