diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9057fda2e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/gopher/gopher/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gopher-${version}";
+  version = "3.0.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/gopher/Downloads/gopher_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "15r7x518wlpfqpd6z0hbdwm8rw8ll8hbpskdqgxxhrmy00aa7w9c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  preConfigure = "export LIBS=-lncurses";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://gopher.quux.org:70/devel/gopher;
+    description = "A ncurses gopher client";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1aab12d2288..67df4163562 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12966,6 +12966,8 @@ in
 
   google-musicmanager = callPackage ../applications/audio/google-musicmanager { };
 
+  gopher = callPackage ../applications/networking/gopher/gopher { };
+
   gpa = callPackage ../applications/misc/gpa { };
 
   gpicview = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gpicview { };