diff --git a/pkgs/games/dfhack/default.nix b/pkgs/games/dfhack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..046f11545a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/dfhack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, dwarf_fortress, cmake, zlib, perl, XMLLibXML, XMLLibXSLT
+}:
+
+let
+  baseVersion = "40";
+  patchVersion = "24-r3";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack.git";
+    rev = "0849099f2083e100cae6f64940b4eff4c28ce2eb";
+    sha256 = "0lnqrayi8hwfivkrxb7fw8lb6v95i04pskny1px7084n7nzvyv8b";
+  };
+
+in
+
+assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
+assert dwarf_fortress.name == "dwarf-fortress-0.40.24";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dfhack-0.${baseVersion}.${patchVersion}";
+
+  inherit baseVersion patchVersion src;
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake zlib perl XMLLibXML XMLLibXSLT ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export cmakeFlags="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix/dfhack $cmakeFlags"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:`pwd`/build/depends/protobuf
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/dfhack
+    make install
+    cp ../package/linux/dfhack $out/dfhack/
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cat > $out/bin/dfhack_install_dir <<EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    test -z "\$1" && echo "This creates a Dwarf Fortress/DFHack game directory. Please specify a directory (preferably empty or non-existent) for this." && exit 1
+
+    set -e
+    mkdir -p "\$1"
+    cd "\$1"
+    cp -r ${dwarf_fortress}/share/df_linux/* .
+    cp -r $out/dfhack/* .
+    chmod -R u+w .
+    # use LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting from dwarf-fortress wrapper
+    sed -e 's%# Now run%`grep LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${dwarf_fortress}/bin/dwarf-fortress`%' $out/dfhack/dfhack > dfhack
+    # write md5sum of binary
+    sed -e s/c42f55948a448645d6609102ef6439e8/`md5sum ${dwarf_fortress}/share/df_linux/libs/Dwarf_Fortress | cut -f1 -d\ `/ $out/dfhack/hack/symbols.xml > hack/symbols.xml
+
+    echo "DFHack installed successfully in \$1. To play, run ./dfhack in it."
+
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/dfhack_install_dir
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Dwarf Fortress memory access library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ robbinch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4b1752e3978..d63c5d67a8d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13489,6 +13489,10 @@ let
 
   crrcsim = callPackage ../games/crrcsim {};
 
+  dfhack = callPackage_i686 ../games/dfhack {
+    inherit (pkgsi686Linux.perlPackages) XMLLibXML XMLLibXSLT;
+  };
+
   dhewm3 = callPackage ../games/dhewm3 {};
 
   drumkv1 = callPackage ../applications/audio/drumkv1 { };