diff --git a/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-icon-theme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65965e46b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk2, iconnamingutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mate-icon-theme-1.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.6/mate-icon-theme-1.6.1.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "154x0mcsvjmz84vi94kjh8hpydny3ab9lbg58wxh1lskmbc2473x";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gtk2 iconnamingutils ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Icon themes from MATE";
+    homepage = "http://mate-desktop.org";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f79b804d3a4..afc11289c71 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9331,6 +9331,8 @@ let
 
   gnome_themes_standard = callPackage ../misc/themes/gnome-themes-standard { };
 
+  mate-icon-theme = callPackage ../misc/themes/mate-icon-theme { };
+
   xfce = xfce4_10;
   xfce4_10 = recurseIntoAttrs (import ../desktops/xfce { inherit pkgs newScope; });