diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95c06d54d6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/recordmydesktop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, automake, autoconf, zlib, popt, xorg, libvorbis, libtheora }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "recordmydesktop-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.8.1-svn602";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = https://recordmydesktop.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/recordmydesktop/trunk/recordmydesktop;
+    rev = 602;
+    sha256 = "1avirkc4ymrd575m616pi6wpgq1i0r5sb3qahps1g18sjpxks0lf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf zlib popt xorg.libICE xorg.libSM xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXdamage libvorbis libtheora ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''./autogen.sh'';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Desktop session recorder";
+    homepage = http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.DamienCassou ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1877617f0165..86ab05ae8529 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2878,6 +2878,8 @@ let
 
   reaverwps = callPackage ../tools/networking/reaver-wps {};
 
+  recordmydesktop = callPackage ../applications/video/recordmydesktop { };
+
   recutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/recutils { };
 
   recoll = callPackage ../applications/search/recoll { };