diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..092b7ef68656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/heme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "heme-${version}";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/heme/heme/heme-${version}/heme-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wsrnj5mrlazgqs4252k30aw8m86qw0z9dmrsli9zdxl7j4cg99v";
+  };
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "/usr/local" "$out" \
+      --replace "CFLAGS = " "CFLAGS = -I${ncurses}/include " \
+      --replace "LDFLAGS = " "LDFLAGS = -L${ncurses}/lib "
+  '';
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/man/man1
+  '';
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Portable and fast console hex editor for unix operating systems";
+    homepage = "http://heme.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6441948d0c53..0e1426d64c15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11341,6 +11341,8 @@ let
 
   helmholtz = callPackage ../applications/audio/pd-plugins/helmholtz { };
 
+  heme = callPackage ../applications/editors/heme { };
+
   herbstluftwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/herbstluftwm { };
 
   hexchat = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/hexchat { };