diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lifelines/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lifelines/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7207dea9d522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lifelines/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gettext, libiconv, bison, ncurses, perl, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lifelines";
+  version = "unstable-2019-05-07";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "43f29285ed46fba322b6a14322771626e6b02c59";
+    sha256 = "1agszzlmkxmznpc1xj0vzxkskrcfagfjvqsdyw1yp5yg6bsq272y";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    libiconv
+    ncurses
+    perl
+  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook bison ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Genealogy tool with ncurses interface";
+    homepage = "https://lifelines.github.io/lifelines/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ disassembler ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6fc8edca063..402f0ea7e2b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18680,6 +18680,8 @@ in
 
   libvmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvmi { };
 
+  lifelines = callPackage ../applications/misc/lifelines { };
+
   liferea = callPackage ../applications/networking/newsreaders/liferea {
     inherit (gnome3) dconf;
   };