diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/qt.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/qt.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de372c905bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/qt.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchsvn, recordmydesktop, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+, glib, pythonPackages, qt4, jack2, xwininfo }:
+
+let
+  binPath = lib.makeBinPath [ recordmydesktop jack2 xwininfo ];
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "qt-recordmydesktop-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.8-svn${recordmydesktop.rev}";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = https://recordmydesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/recordmydesktop/trunk/qt-recordmydesktop;
+    inherit (recordmydesktop) rev;
+    sha256 = "0vz7amrmz317sbx2cv2186d0r57as4l26xa9rpim5gbvzk20caqc";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib qt4 ] ++ (with pythonPackages; [
+    python wrapPython pyqt4
+  ]);
+
+  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [ pyqt4 ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    makeWrapperArgs="--prefix PATH : ${binPath}"
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GTK frontend for recordmydesktop";
+    homepage = http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.DamienCassou ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c38f9bdf629..acdff15c03b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3238,6 +3238,10 @@ in
     jack2 = jack2Full;
   };
 
+  qt-recordmydesktop = callPackage ../applications/video/recordmydesktop/qt.nix {
+    jack2 = jack2Full;
+  };
+
   recutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/recutils { };
 
   recoll = callPackage ../applications/search/recoll { };