diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae5386dcd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gkrellm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gkrellm-2.3.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm-2.3.1.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1a2a7e3ee9d1f2d7305da0d33d9be71ffe5d1903ed6a9c69cf77ffe10fc95b4d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gettext pkgconfig glib gtk libX11 libSM libICE];
+
+  # Makefiles are patched to fix references to `/usr/X11R6' and to add
+  # `-lX11' to make sure libX11's store path is in the RPATH.
+  patchPhase = ''
+     echo "patching makefiles..."
+     for i in Makefile src/Makefile server/Makefile
+     do
+       cat "$i" | sed -e "s|/usr/X11R6|${libX11}|g ;
+                          s|-lICE|-lX11 -lICE|g" > ",,tmp" &&	\
+       mv ",,tmp" "$i"
+     done '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+     make PREFIX="$out" '';
+  installPhase = ''
+     make install PREFIX="$out" '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GKrellM, a themeable process stack of system monitors.";
+    homepage = http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html;
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5680d0b0d13..43a684b2f23 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4791,6 +4791,12 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv curl openssl zlib expat perl;
   };
 
+  gkrellm = import ../applications/misc/gkrellm {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libICE libSM;
+  };
+
   gnash = assert mesaSupported; import ../applications/video/gnash {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv SDL SDL_mixer GStreamer
             libogg libxml2 libjpeg mesa libpng;