diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-latex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-latex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5abfb97e3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-latex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pidgin, imagemagick, ghostscript,
+	pkgconfig, glib, gtk, tetex}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pidgin-latex";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://tapas.affenbande.org/pidgin-latex.tgz;
+    md5 = "12509b38f7a92bb22d565cc73cbd83c7";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = "sed -e '/^PREFIX/d' -i Makefile ; sed -e 's@/bin/bash@/var/run/current-system/sw&@; s@/dev/stdin@/proc/self/fd/0@' -i pidgin-latex-convert.sh;";
+
+  makeFlags="PREFIX=\$(out)";
+
+  preInstall="mkdir -p \${out}/lib/pidgin \${out}/bin";
+  
+  postInstall = "mkdir -p \${out}/share/pidgin-latex; 
+	ln -s \${out}/lib/pidgin/pidgin-latex.so \${out}/share/pidgin-latex/";
+
+  buildInputs = [pidgin imagemagick ghostscript pkgconfig glib gtk tetex];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "
+	Pidgin-LaTeX is a pidgin plugin that cuts everything inside \$\$ .. \$\$
+	and feeds to LaTeX. A bit of conversion (automated, of course) - and you
+	see every formula that occurs in conversation in pretty graphical form.
+	There are some glitches - when a formula fails to compile, you can see 
+	just previous formula..
+	Enable it for user by linking to ~/.purple/plugins - from 
+	sw/share/pidgin-latex , not from store of course.
+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ac04cadf31..9dac7220e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2856,6 +2856,11 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXScrnSaver;
   };
 
+  pidginlatex = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-latex {
+	inherit fetchurl stdenv tetex pkgconfig imagemagick ghostscript pidgin;
+	inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;
+  };
+
   gimp = import ../applications/graphics/gimp {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig freetype fontconfig
       libtiff libjpeg libpng libexif zlib perl perlXMLParser python pygtk gettext;