diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mcabber/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mcabber/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd5a3dc8b9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/mcabber/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, ncurses, pkgconfig, glib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+  name = "mcabber-0.9.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://mirror.mcabber.com/files/mcabber-0.9.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "2a231c9241211d33745f110f35cfa6bdb051b32791461b9579794b6623863bb1";
+  };
+
+  meta = { homepage = "http://mirror.mcabber.com/";
+           description = "Small Jabber console client";
+         };
+
+  buildInputs = [openssl ncurses pkgconfig glib];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-openssl=${openssl}";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2440c3f23ad5..3db7c51cc9ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;
   };
 
+  mcabber = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/mcabber {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl ncurses pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   mdbtools = builderDefsPackage (selectVersion ../tools/misc/mdbtools "0.6-pre1") {
     inherit readline pkgconfig bison;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;