diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94c3833995d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/epic5/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, openssl
+  , ncurses, libiconv, tcl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "epic5-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.epicsol.org/pub/epic/EPIC5-PRODUCTION/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1ap73d5f4vccxjaaq249zh981z85106vvqmxfm4plvy76b40y9jm";
+    };
+
+   # Darwin needs libiconv, tcl; while Linux build don't
+ 
+   buildInputs = [ openssl ncurses ]  
+   ++ stdenv.lib.optionals 
+   stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv tcl ];
+  
+  postConfigure = ''
+      substituteInPlace bsdinstall \
+      --replace /bin/cp cp \
+      --replace /bin/rm rm \
+      --replace /bin/chmod chmod \
+      '';
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://epicsol.org/";
+    description = "a IRC client that offers a great ircII interface";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ndowens ];
+  };
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f9ddc52ea22..4784fcf1df4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13154,6 +13154,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   inherit (gnome3) epiphany;
 
+  epic5 = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/epic5 { };
+  
   eq10q = callPackage ../applications/audio/eq10q { };
 
   errbot = callPackage ../applications/networking/errbot {