diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/aacgain/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/aacgain/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cfc51970aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/aacgain/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, unzip, m4, libtool, automake, autoconf, mp3gain, mp4v2, faad2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "aacgain-1.9";
+  srcs = [
+    (fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/mecke/aacgain.git";
+      rev = "4a7d59d78eadbbd5413e905af8f91fe9184ce7a8";
+      sha256 = "0y25avgmm1xpbggvkhby1a7v9wmhsp3wmp74q06sf8ph8xsfajw4";
+    })
+    mp3gain.src
+    mp4v2.src
+    faad2.src
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip m4 libtool automake autoconf ];
+
+  setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=`pwd`";
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    cd $sourceRoot
+    # mp3gain does not unzip to its own directory, so move files accordingly.
+    mkdir mp3gain
+    find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec mv {} mp3gain/ \;
+    mv mpglibDBL mp3gain/
+
+    mv aacgain-* aacgain
+    mv faad2-* faad2
+    mv mp4v2-* mp4v2
+  '';
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    cd $sourceRoot
+    patch -p2 -N < aacgain/linux/mp3gain.patch
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    cd $sourceRoot/mp4v2
+    ./configure
+
+    cd $sourceRoot/faad2
+    ./configure
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd $sourceRoot/mp4v2
+    make libmp4v2.la
+
+    cd $sourceRoot/faad2/libfaad
+    make
+
+    cd $sourceRoot/aacgain/linux
+    sh prepare.sh
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    ../../../configure
+    make
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    strip -s aacgain/aacgain
+    install -vD aacgain/aacgain "$out/bin/aacgain"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ReplayGain for AAC files";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mecke/aacgain.git;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.robbinch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6a6ed3aeeb..093c9d15540 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10404,6 +10404,8 @@ let
 
   a2jmidid = callPackage ../applications/audio/a2jmidid { };
 
+  aacgain = callPackage ../applications/audio/aacgain { };
+
   aangifte2006 = callPackage_i686 ../applications/taxes/aangifte-2006 { };
 
   aangifte2007 = callPackage_i686 ../applications/taxes/aangifte-2007 { };