diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f17f830979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xournal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "0.4.2.1" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    ghostscript atk gtk glib fontconfig freetype
+    libgnomecanvas libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui
+    pango libX11 xproto zlib poppler popplerData
+    autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xournal/xournal-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zxqcdhsd7h19c6pz7dwkr8bncn64v07liiqyw504m2v8lylrsif";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["setEnvVars" "doAutotools" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  setEnvVars = a.noDepEntry (''
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="-lX11"
+  '');
+      
+  name = "xournal-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "note-taking application (supposes stylus)";
+    maintainers = [
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d92f4c19395..e6f3b31b52f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7287,6 +7287,16 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  xournal = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/graphics/xournal) {
+    inherit ghostscript fontconfig freetype zlib 
+      poppler popplerData autoconf automake
+      libtool pkgconfig;
+    inherit (xlibs) xproto libX11;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) gtk atk pango glib;
+    inherit (gnome) libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui 
+      libgnomecanvas;
+  };
+
   xpdf = import ../applications/misc/xpdf {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 freetype t1lib;
     motif = lesstif;