diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/displaycal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/displaycal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80d2b290367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/displaycal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{buildPythonPackage, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+ , libXext, libXxf86vm, libX11, libXrandr, libXinerama
+ , argyllcms, wxPython, numpy
+ }:
+buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "displaycal-3.2.4.0";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/project/dispcalgui/release/3.2.4.0/DisplayCAL-3.2.4.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0swkhv338d1kmfxyf30zzdjs5xpbha40pg2zysiipcbasc0xhlb8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    libXext
+    libXxf86vm
+    libX11
+    libXrandr
+    libXinerama
+    argyllcms
+    wxPython
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    mkdir dist
+    cp {misc,dist}/DisplayCAL.appdata.xml
+    mkdir -p $out
+    ln -s $out/share/DisplayCAL $out/Resources
+  '';
+
+  # no idea why it looks there - symlink .json lang (everything)
+  postInstall = ''
+    for x in $out/share/DisplayCAL/*; do
+      ln -s $x $out/lib/python2.7/site-packages/DisplayCAL
+    done
+
+    for prog in "$out/bin/"*; do
+      wrapProgram "$prog" \
+        --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH" \
+        --prefix PATH : ${argyllcms}/bin
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Display Calibration and Characterization powered by Argyll CMS";
+    homepage = http://displaycal.net/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d13173dc5f..867c35215af 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16630,6 +16630,8 @@ with pkgs;
     boost = boost160;
   };
 
+  displaycal = (newScope pythonPackages) ../applications/graphics/displaycal {};
+
   drumkv1 = callPackage ../applications/audio/drumkv1 { };
 
   duckmarines = callPackage ../games/duckmarines { love = love_0_9; };