diff --git a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-gnome/default.nix b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-gnome/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40074e743b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-gnome/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, guile, guileLib, gwrap
+, pkgconfig, gconf, glib, gnomevfs, gtk
+, libglade, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libgnomeui, pango, guileCairo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "guile-gnome-platform-2.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/guile-gnome/guile-gnome-platform/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0yy5f4c78jlakxi2bwgh3knc2szw26hg68xikyaza2iim39mc22c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ guile gwrap
+      pkgconfig gconf glib gnomevfs gtk libglade libgnome libgnomecanvas
+      libgnomeui pango guileCairo
+    ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck guileLib;
+
+  # The test suite tries to open an X display, which fails.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNOME bindings for GNU Guile";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' GNU guile-gnome brings the power of Scheme to your graphical
+         application.  guile-gnome modules support the entire Gnome library
+         stack: from Pango to GnomeCanvas, Gtk+ to GStreamer, Glade to
+         GtkSourceView, you will find in guile-gnome a comprehensive
+         environment for developing modern applications.
+      '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-gnome/;
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3b41aa02947..26e60aa3a85 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2439,6 +2439,13 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv guile pkgconfig cairo guileLib;
   };
 
+  guileGnome = import ../development/guile-modules/guile-gnome {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv guile guileLib gwrap pkgconfig guileCairo;
+    gconf = gnome.GConf;
+    inherit (gnome) glib gnomevfs gtk libglade libgnome libgnomecanvas
+      libgnomeui pango;
+  };
+
   guileLib = import ../development/guile-modules/guile-lib {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv guile texinfo;
   };