diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2084ab481fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bitmeter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jack2, gtk2, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bitmeter-${version}";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://devel.tlrmx.org/audio/source/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "09ck2gxqky701dc1p0ip61rrn16v0pdc7ih2hc2sd63zcw53g2a7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ jack2 gtk2 pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://devel.tlrmx.org/audio/bitmeter/;
+    description = "Also known as jack bitscope. Useful to detect denormals.";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b62ec4e65153..ad4a4af44a31 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10436,6 +10436,8 @@ let
 
   bitlbee = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/bitlbee { };
 
+  bitmeter = callPackage ../applications/audio/bitmeter { };
+
   blender = callPackage  ../applications/misc/blender {
     python = python34;
   };