diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4efdaa86084a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/japa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl,   alsaLib, libjack2, fftwFloat, libclthreads, libclxclient, libX11,  libXft, zita-alsa-pcmi, }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.8.4";
+  name = "japa-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/downloads/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1jhj7s4vqk5c4lchdall0kslvj5sh91902hhfjvs6r3a5nrhwcp0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib libjack2 fftwFloat libclthreads libclxclient libX11 libXft zita-alsa-pcmi ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd ./source/
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "SUFFIX=''"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A 'perceptual' or 'psychoacoustic' audio spectrum analyser for JACK and ALSA";
+    homepage = http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/index.html;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 304a698df67d..fb0ff8f3d015 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12772,6 +12772,8 @@ in
 
   jamin = callPackage ../applications/audio/jamin { };
 
+  japa = callPackage ../applications/audio/japa { };
+
   jedit = callPackage ../applications/editors/jedit { };
 
   jigdo = callPackage ../applications/misc/jigdo { };