diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/avrdudess/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/avrdudess/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..64bca952ff583b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/avrdudess/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, mono, avrgcclibc, avrdude, gtk, xdg_utils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "avrdudess-2.2.20140102";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://blog.zakkemble.co.uk/download/avrdudess_20140102.zip";
+    sha256 = "18llpvjsfhypzijrvfbzmcg3g141f307mzsrg11wcdxh9syxqak6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  phases = [ "buildPhase" ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/avrdudess"
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+
+    unzip "$src" -d "$out/avrdudess"
+
+    cat >> "$out/bin/avrdudess" << __EOF__
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${gtk}/lib:${mono}/lib"
+    # We need PATH from user env for xdg-open to find its tools, which
+    # typically depend on the currently running desktop environment.
+    export PATH="${avrgcclibc}/bin:${avrdude}/bin:${xdg_utils}/bin:\$PATH"
+
+    # avrdudess must have its resource files in its current working directory
+    cd $out/avrdudess && exec ${mono}/bin/mono "$out/avrdudess/avrdudess.exe" "\$@"
+    __EOF__
+
+    chmod a+x "$out/bin/"*
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GUI for AVRDUDE (AVR microcontroller programmer)";
+    homepage = https://github.com/zkemble/AVRDUDESS;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 25437db8584d9c..a98045e8f8e2dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7947,6 +7947,8 @@ let
     eigen = eigen2;
   };
 
+  avrdudess = callPackage ../applications/misc/avrdudess { };
+
   avxsynth = callPackage ../applications/video/avxsynth { };
 
   awesome-3-4 = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/awesome/3.4.nix {