diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/uberwriter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/uberwriter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac3fb920da05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/uberwriter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, cmake
+, wrapGAppsHook, pkgconfig, desktop-file-utils
+, appstream-glib, pythonPackages, glib, gobject-introspection
+, gtk3, webkitgtk, glib-networking, gnome3, gspell, texlive
+, haskellPackages}:
+
+let
+  pythonEnv = pythonPackages.python.withPackages(p: with p;
+    [ regex setuptools python-Levenshtein pyenchant pygobject3 pycairo pypandoc ]);
+  texliveDist = texlive.combined.scheme-medium;
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "uberwriter";
+  version = "unstable-2019-11-29";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = pname;
+    repo   = pname;
+    rev    = "7606a55389f8516d9fed7927fa50ff8822ee9e38";
+    sha256 = "0ky001vs9nfvqf05h4q7fl0n8vsgim59z22i66a8sw6bqipv62sg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja cmake pkgconfig desktop-file-utils
+    appstream-glib wrapGAppsHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib pythonEnv gobject-introspection gtk3
+    gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme webkitgtk gspell texliveDist
+    glib-networking ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs --build build-aux/meson_post_install.py
+
+    substituteInPlace uberwriter/config.py --replace "/usr/share/uberwriter" "$out/share/uberwriter"
+
+    # get rid of unused distributed dependencies
+    rm -r uberwriter/{pylocales,pressagio}
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(
+      --prefix PYTHONPATH : "$out/lib/python${pythonEnv.pythonVersion}/site-packages/"
+      --prefix PATH : "${texliveDist}/bin"
+      --prefix PATH : "${haskellPackages.pandoc-citeproc}/bin"
+    )
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://uberwriter.github.io/uberwriter/;
+    description = "A distraction free Markdown editor for GNU/Linux";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45007c4431a2..c2019bd61c4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6926,6 +6926,10 @@ in
 
   ua = callPackage ../tools/networking/ua { };
 
+  uberwriter = callPackage ../applications/editors/uberwriter {
+    pythonPackages = python3Packages;
+  };
+
   ubridge = callPackage ../tools/networking/ubridge { };
 
   ucl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ucl { };