diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 8e8ae4c4988..026a874a779 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
   linus = "Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com>";
   lnl7 = "Daiderd Jordan <daiderd@gmail.com>";
   lovek323 = "Jason O'Conal <jason@oconal.id.au>";
+  lsix = "Lancelot SIX <lsix@lancelotsix.com>";
   ludo = "Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>";
   madjar = "Georges Dubus <georges.dubus@compiletoi.net>";
   magnetophon = "Bart Brouns <bart@magnetophon.nl>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/fix_requirements.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/fix_requirements.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99b022c0e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/fix_requirements.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py	2014-03-20 22:27:14.000000000 +0100
++++ b/setup.py	2015-07-10 21:18:30.156196111 +0200
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+        scripts = ['scripts/poezio'],
+        data_files = [('share/man/man1/', ['data/poezio.1'])],
+ 
+-       install_requires = ['sleekxmpp==1.2.4',
++       install_requires = ['sleekxmpp==1.2.5',
+                            'dnspython3>=1.11.1'],
+        extras_require = {'OTR plugin': 'python-potr>=1.0',
+                          'Screen autoaway plugin': 'pyinotify==0.9.4'}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/make_default_config_writable.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/make_default_config_writable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa431dcc928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/poezio/make_default_config_writable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -ruN a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
+--- a/src/config.py	2014-03-20 22:27:05.000000000 +0100
++++ b/src/config.py	2015-07-10 21:24:37.583136078 +0200
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
+ 
+ import os
+ import logging
++import stat
+ 
+ from configparser import RawConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
+ from os import environ, makedirs, path, remove
+@@ -279,6 +280,13 @@
+         copy2(default, options.filename)
+     elif path.isfile(other):
+         copy2(other, options.filename)
++
++    # Inside the nixstore, the reference file is readonly, so is the copy.
++    # Make it writable by the user who just created it.
++    if os.path.exists(options.filename):
++        os.chmod(options.filename,
++                 os.stat(options.filename).st_mode | stat.S_IWUSR)
++
+     firstrun = True
+ 
+ try:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 689f43c7664..340cdf39084 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12322,6 +12322,8 @@ let
 
   plugin-torture = callPackage ../applications/audio/plugin-torture { };
 
+  poezio = python3Packages.poezio;
+
   pommed = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pommed {
     inherit (xorg) libXpm;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 16bbd6ef009..9a43d971d1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16401,5 +16401,31 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  poezio = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "poezio-${version}";
+    version = "0.8.1";
+
+    namePrefix = "";
+    disabled = (!isPy3k);
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self ; [ dnspython3 sleekxmpp ];
+
+   patches =
+   let patch_base = ../development/python-modules/poezio ;
+   in [ "${patch_base}/make_default_config_writable.patch"
+        "${patch_base}/fix_requirements.patch"
+      ];
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://dev.louiz.org/attachments/download/52/${name}.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "0n3phh3lc82609ssfvqvd4papvhykd1sf2bm88dggh2x4mypwjff";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Free console XMPP client";
+      homepage = http://poez.io;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.lsix ];
+    };
+  };
 
 }; in pythonPackages