diff --git a/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-themes/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-themes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f0f41af638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/themes/mate-themes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, iconnamingutils, gtk2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mate-themes-1.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.6/mate-themes-1.6.1.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0lm2kvlwj0rpznb0n2g1sh1r6nz0p45i7flbnxivl9gi632wdmfp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool iconnamingutils gtk2 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A set of themes from MATE";
+    homepage = "http://mate-desktop.org";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index afc11289c71..48fc5f68721 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9333,6 +9333,8 @@ let
 
   mate-icon-theme = callPackage ../misc/themes/mate-icon-theme { };
 
+  mate-themes = callPackage ../misc/themes/mate-themes { };
+
   xfce = xfce4_10;
   xfce4_10 = recurseIntoAttrs (import ../desktops/xfce { inherit pkgs newScope; });