diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adabcec9898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cgdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cgdb-0.6.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cgdb/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0iap84ikpk1h58wy14zzi1kwszv1hsnvpvnz14swkz54yrh9z7ng";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses readline ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A curses interface to gdb";
+
+    homepage = http://cgdb.sourceforge.net/;
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux ++ cygwin;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ viric ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fce70532e67..4dd6a9ea693 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2898,6 +2898,8 @@ let
      wrapGCC (ccache.links extraConfig)) {};
   ccacheStdenv = overrideGCC stdenv ccacheWrapper;
 
+  cgdb = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cgdb { };
+
   complexity = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/complexity { };
 
   ctags = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/ctags { };