diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ams/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ams/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6c4fbe802e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ams/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchgit
+, automake
+, alsaLib
+, ladspaH
+, libjack2
+, fftw
+, zita-alsa-pcmi
+, qt5
+, pkg-config
+, autoreconfHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ams";
+  version = "unstable-2019-04-27";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.code.sf.net/p/alsamodular/ams.git";
+    sha256 = "0qdyz5llpa94f3qx1xi1mz97vl5jyrj1mqff28p5g9i5rxbbk8z9";
+    rev = "3250bbcfea331c4fcb9845305eebded80054973d";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+    qt5.wrapQtAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsaLib
+    ladspaH
+    libjack2
+    fftw
+    zita-alsa-pcmi
+  ] ++ (with qt5; [
+    qtbase
+    qttools
+  ]);
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA";
+    homepage = "http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sjfloat ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8d10404e05f4..ae8abd0092ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ in
 
   amp = callPackage ../applications/editors/amp {};
 
+  ams = callPackage ../applications/audio/ams {};
+
   amtterm = callPackage ../tools/system/amtterm {};
 
   analog = callPackage ../tools/admin/analog {};