diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3251127c7a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/simplescreenrecorder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, ffmpeg, jackaudio, libX11, libXext
+, libXfixes, mesa, pkgconfig, pulseaudio, qt4
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "simplescreenrecorder-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0k1r1ilpk05qmwpnld95zxxk57qvyaq2r9f4i3la7y0xh9bz1gls";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsaLib ffmpeg jackaudio libX11 libXext libXfixes mesa pkgconfig
+    pulseaudio qt4
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A screen recorder for Linux";
+    homepage = http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e912d63daf..47515b4b575 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1897,6 +1897,8 @@ let
 
   silver-searcher = callPackage ../tools/text/silver-searcher { };
 
+  simplescreenrecorder = callPackage ../applications/video/simplescreenrecorder { };
+
   sleuthkit = callPackage ../tools/system/sleuthkit {};
 
   slimrat = callPackage ../tools/networking/slimrat {