diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/retroshare/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/retroshare/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be9847bc51cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/retroshare/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, qt, libupnp, gpgme, gnome_keyring, glib}:
+
+throw "still fails to build"
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "retroshare-0.5.1d";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/retroshare/RetroShare-v0.5.1d.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "15971wxx8djwcxn170jyn0mlh7cfzqsf031aa849wr9z234gwrcn";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt libupnp gpgme gnome_keyring glib ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd libbitdht/src
+    qmake libbitdht.pro PREFIX=$out
+    make
+    cd ../..
+    cd libretroshare/src
+    qmake libretroshare.pro PREFIX=$out
+    make
+    cd ../../src
+    qmake libretroshare.pro PREFIX=$out
+    make
+  '';
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe3832c3893b..9d4b71215eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6340,7 +6340,7 @@ let
 
   gnunet = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/gnunet {
     inherit (gnome) gtk libglade;
-    gtkSupport = getConfig [ "gnunet" "gtkSupport" ] true;
+    gtkSupport = getConfig [ "gnunet" "gtkSupport" ] false;
   };
 
   gocr = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gocr { };
@@ -6873,6 +6873,11 @@ let
 
   recode = callPackage ../tools/text/recode { };
 
+  retroshare = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/retroshare {
+    qt = qt4;
+   inherit (gnome) gnome_keyring;
+  };
+
   rsync = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rsync {
     enableACLs = !(stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isSunOS);
   };