diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cgui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cgui/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bd3dd41de74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cgui/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , texinfo, allegro, perl
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="cgui";
+    version="2.0.3";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    project="${baseName}";
+    url="mirror://sourceforge/project/${project}/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="00kk4xaw68m44awy8zq4g5plx372swwccvzshn68a0a8f3f2wi4x";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["genMakefile" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  genMakefile = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -fPIC"
+    sh fix.sh unix
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs"];
+      
+  makeFlags = [
+    "SYSTEM_DIR=$out"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A multiplatform basic GUI library";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/cgui/files/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 32a0291cf263..fe38c3e263c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2650,6 +2650,8 @@ let
 
   ccrtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ccrtp { };
 
+  cgui = callPackage ../development/libraries/cgui {};
+
   check = callPackage ../development/libraries/check { };
 
   chipmunk = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/chipmunk) {