diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b05da9c67000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{ stdenv, buildEnv, fetchurl, patchelf, bash
+
+# Linked dynamic libraries.
+, glib, fontconfig, freetype, pango, cairo, libX11, libXi, atk, gconf, nss, nspr
+, libXcursor, libXext, libXfixes, libXrender, libXScrnSaver, libXcomposite
+, alsaLib, libXdamage, libXtst, libXrandr, expat, cups
+, dbus_libs, gtk, gdk_pixbuf, gcc
+
+# Will crash without.
+, udev
+
+# Loaded at runtime.
+, libexif
+
+# Additional dependencies according to other distros.
+## Ubuntu
+, liberation_ttf, curl, utillinux, xdg_utils, wget
+## Arch Linux.
+, flac, harfbuzz, icu, libpng, libopus, snappy, speechd
+## Gentoo
+, bzip2, libcap
+
+# Which distribution channel to use.
+, channel ? "stable"
+
+# Necessary for USB audio devices.
+, pulseSupport ? true, libpulseaudio ? null
+
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+with (import ../chromium/source/update.nix {
+  inherit (stdenv) system;
+}).getChannel channel;
+
+let
+  dist = if channel == "dev" then "unstable" else channel;
+
+  opusWithCustomModes = libopus.override {
+    withCustomModes = true;
+  };
+
+  env = buildEnv {
+    name = "google-chrome-env";
+    paths = [
+      glib fontconfig freetype pango cairo libX11 libXi atk gconf nss nspr
+      libXcursor libXext libXfixes libXrender libXScrnSaver libXcomposite
+      alsaLib libXdamage libXtst libXrandr expat cups
+      dbus_libs gtk gdk_pixbuf gcc
+      udev
+      libexif
+      liberation_ttf curl utillinux xdg_utils wget
+      flac harfbuzz icu libpng opusWithCustomModes snappy speechd
+      bzip2 libcap
+    ]
+    ++ optional pulseSupport libpulseaudio;
+  };
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit version;
+
+  name = "google-chrome-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl binary;
+
+  buildInputs = [ env patchelf ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    ar x $src
+    tar xf data.tar.xz
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    exe=$out/bin/google-chrome-${dist}
+    rpath="${env}/lib:${env}/lib64"
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share
+
+    cp -a opt/* $out/share
+    cp -a usr/share/* $out/share
+
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop \
+      --replace /usr/bin/google-chrome-${dist} $exe
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/google-chrome.xml \
+      --replace /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome $exe
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/menu/google-chrome.menu \
+      --replace /opt $out/share \
+      --replace $out/share/google/chrome/google-chrome $exe
+
+    for icon_file in $out/share/google/chrome/product_logo_*[0-9].png; do
+      num_and_suffix="''${icon_file##*logo_}"
+      icon_size="''${num_and_suffix%.*}"
+      logo_output_prefix="$out/share/icons/hicolor"
+      logo_output_path="$logo_output_prefix/''${icon_size}x''${icon_size}/apps"
+      mkdir -p "$logo_output_path"
+      mv "$icon_file" "$logo_output_path/google-chrome.png"
+    done
+
+    cat > $exe << EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/sh
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$rpath\''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+    export PATH=${env}/bin\''${PATH:+:\$PATH}
+    $out/share/google/chrome/google-chrome "\$@"
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $exe
+
+    for elf in $out/share/google/chrome/{chrome,chrome-sandbox,nacl_helper}; do
+      patchelf --set-rpath $rpath $elf
+      patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" $elf
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A freeware web browser developed by Google";
+    homepage = "https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/";
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.msteen ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66382269ebaa..66e8ef088e30 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11851,6 +11851,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) GConf;
   };
 
+  google-chrome = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/google-chrome { gconf = gnome.GConf; };
+
   googleearth = callPackage_i686 ../applications/misc/googleearth { };
 
   google_talk_plugin = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/mozilla-plugins/google-talk-plugin {